Medora may refer to:
Places
In the United States:
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Medora, Illinois
Medora is a village in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 379 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Medora is located at (39.176063, -90.141801).
According to the 2010 census, Medora has a total area of , all land.
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Medora, Indiana
Medora is a town in Carr Township, Jackson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 693 at the 2010 census.
History
Medora was laid out in 1853 by West Lee Wright in the southeast corner of a square mile of land which he owned. Wrigh ...
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Medora, Kansas
Medora is an unincorporated community in Reno County, Kansas
Reno County (standard abbreviation: RN) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 61,898. The largest city and county seat is Hutch ...
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Medora, Louisville
Medora is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal ...
, Kentucky
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Medora, North Dakota
Medora is a city in Billings County, North Dakota, Billings County, North Dakota, United States. The only municipal corporation, incorporated place in Billings County, it is also the county seat. Much of the surrounding area is part of either Litt ...
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Medora site
The Medora site ( 16WBR1) is an archaeological site that is a type site for the prehistoric Plaquemine culture period. The name for the culture is taken from the proximity of Medora to the town of Plaquemine, Louisiana. The site is in West Baton ...
, a precolumbian archaeological site in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
* Medora, Wisconsin, the fictional setting of ''
Aliens in America
''Aliens in America'' is an American teen sitcom created by David Guarascio and Moses Port that aired on The CW for one season from October 1, 2007, to May 18, 2008. Guarascio and Port also served as executive producers of the show alongside Tim ...
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People
*Medora, heroine of Byron's poem ''
The Corsair
''The Corsair'' (1814) is a long tale in verse written by Lord Byron (see 1814 in poetry) and published by John Murray in London. It was extremely popular, selling ten thousand copies on its first day of sale, and was influential throughout th ...
'', Verdi's opera ''
Il corsaro
''Il corsaro'' (''The Corsair'') is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, from a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on Lord Byron's 1814 poem ''The Corsair''. The first performance was given at the Teatro Grande in Trieste on 25 October ...
'', and Adam's ballet ''
Le Corsaire''
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Elizabeth Medora Leigh
Elizabeth Medora Leigh (15 April 1814 – 28 August 1849) was the third daughter of Augusta Leigh. It is widely speculated that she was fathered by her mother's half-brother Lord Byron, although her mother's husband Colonel George Leigh was he ...
, daughter of Augusta Leigh and possible daughter of Lord Byron
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Medora Vallambrosa, Marquise de Mores Medora may refer to:
Places
In the United States:
* Medora, Illinois
* Medora, Indiana
* Medora, Kansas
* Medora, Louisville, Kentucky
* Medora, North Dakota
* Medora site, a precolumbian archaeological site in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
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(Medora von Hoffman), wife of the Marquis de Mores and namesake of Medora, North Dakota
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John Medora
John L. Medora (born May 28, 1936), also known as John or Johnny Madara, is an American singer, songwriter, composer and record producer best known to have teamed up with David White and Arthur Singer to write the 1957 hit song "At the Hop". ...
, songwriter and record producer
Other
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''Medora'' (film), 2013 documentary by Andrew Cohn, Davy Rothbart about a small-town basketball team, the Medora Hornets
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''Medora'' (gastropod), a genus of gastropods in the family Clausiliidae
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Medora (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse
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