Moira may refer to:
Places
Australia
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Moira, New South Wales
Moira is a rural community in the central south part of the Riverina and the site of a railway station. It is situated by road, about 11 kilometres north of Barnes and 15 kilometres south west of Mathoura
Mathoura is a small town ...
, an Australian rural community
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County of Moira
The County of Moira is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is located to the east of the Goulburn River, south of the Murray River, and west of part of the Ovens Rive ...
, Victoria, Australia
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Division of Moira, Victoria, Australia, an Electoral Division
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Shire of Moira
Moira Shire Council is a Local Government Area in the Northern Victoria Region of Victoria, Australia. Located in the north-east part of the state, it covers an area of . As at June 2021 the population was 30,018.
It includes the towns of Cobra ...
, a local government area in Victoria, Australia
Canada
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Moira, Ontario
Moira, Ontario is an unincorporated area in the municipality of Centre Hastings, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. Moira is also the name of a signpost on the Canadian National Railway main line which passes through Hastings County, although it is ...
, an unincorporated area
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Moira Lake
Moira Lake is a lake in Hastings County, Ontario, Hastings County in Ontario, Canada. Located on Highway 62 (Ontario), Highway 62 south of Madoc, Ontario (town), Madoc and Highway 7 (Ontario), Highway 7, it is a recreational lake with cottage de ...
, Ontario
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Moira River
The Moira River is a river in Hastings County in eastern Ontario, Canada. It travels from its source in the centre of the county to the Bay of Quinte at the county seat Belleville .
Name
Originally named the Sagonaska River by the indigenous peo ...
, Ontario
United Kingdom
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Moira, County Down
Moira () is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is in the northwest of the county, near the borders with counties Antrim and Armagh. The M1 motorway and Belfast–Dublin railway line are nearby. The population was 4, ...
, a village in Northern Ireland
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Moira railway station
Moira railway station serves Moira in County Down, Northern Ireland. Despite the station serving the County Down town, the station itself is located in County Antrim, the neighbouring Lagan Canal being the boundary. Moira station is the olde ...
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Moira, Leicestershire
Moira is a former mining village about south-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in North West Leicestershire, England. The village is about south of Swadlincote and is close to the boundary with Derbyshire. The population is included in the civil par ...
, a village in England
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Moira Furnace
Moira Furnace is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire, on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. Built by the Earl of Moira in 1804, the building has been preserved by North West Leicestershire Di ...
, nineteenth century iron-making blast furnace
United States
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Moira, New York
Moira is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States. The population was 2,934 at the 2010 census. Moira is located on the western border of Franklin County and is west of Malone. The town was named for the Earl of Moira. The correct pronun ...
, a town
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Moira Sound Moira Sound is a branching inlet on the east side of the southern end of Prince of Wales Island in U.S. state of Alaska. It is situated within the Tongass National Forest.
Geography
The entrance to this sound, on the west side of Clarence Strait, ...
, Alaska
Elsewhere
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Moira, Achaea
Moira ( el, Μοίρα) is a village located southeast of Patras, Greece. Moira had a population of 65 in 2011. Moira was part of the municipality of Patras between 1845 and 1912, and again after 1997. Between 1912 and 1997, it was an independe ...
, a village in Greece
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Moira, Goa
Moira () is a village in the Bardez Taluka of the North Goa District in India. It has been home to a number of notable individuals from Goa, while other prominent persons trace their roots to it. Till the recent past, Moira has been known for it ...
, a village in India
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638 Moira
638 Moira, also known as A907 JG, is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. First observed in 1906, 638 Moira was discovered to be an orbital body in 1907 by Joel Hastings Metcalf in Taunton, England. 638 Moira is a little over 59.5 km across and r ...
, an asteroid
People
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Moira (given name)
The name Moira, sometimes spelled Moyra, is an Anglicisation of the List of Irish-language given names, Irish name ''Máire'', the Irish language, Irish equivalent of Mary (name), Mary.Daria Izdebska, ''The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming'', 20 ...
, including a list of women and fictional characters
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Gerald Moira
Gerald Edward Moira (26 January 1867 – 2 August 1959) was an English painter who became best known for his murals.
Gerald Moira was born in London, the son of a former Portuguese diplomat who became a miniature painter. He first exhibited at ...
(1867–1959), English painter
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Earl of Moira
Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...
, extinct title in the peerage of Ireland
Arts, entertainment, and media
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''Moira'' (album), a 2008 story album by the Japanese musical group Sound Horizon
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''Moira'' (film), a 2015 Georgian film
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Moira (''Overwatch''), a fictional character from the video game ''Overwatch''
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Moira (Utrecht)
Moira is a music and arts venue in the city center of Utrecht, Netherlands.
History
The building at Wolvenstraat 10 was built in 1906. From 1939 until 1959, it was the Zegers dance school. The insurance company Moira turned it into a canteen, ...
, a music and art venue in Utrecht, Netherlands
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Moira MacTaggert
Dr. Moira MacTaggert (sometimes spelled ''MacTaggart'', ''McTaggart'', ''McTaggert''), more recently known as Moira X, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in ''The Uncanny X-Men ...
, a Marvel character associated with the X-Men
Ships
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HMS ''Moira'' (1805), a British Royal Navy schooner
* , a Greek coaster in service during 1966
Other
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Moira (military)
Moira ( el, , pronounced ''míra'', plural ) is a Greek term for a military formation. Etymologically, it is derived from the roots *μερ- and *μορ-, which mean "to part". ''Moira'' therefore means "a part, a division", and is cognate with th ...
, a Greek military formation
* Moira, a genus of
prehistoric echinoderms
* Moira, the singular of
Moirai
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Moirai (, also spelled Moirae or Mœræ; grc, Μοῖραι, "lots, destinies, apportioners"), often known in English as the Fates ( la, Fata, Fata, -orum (n)=), were the personifications of fate ...
(Fates), Greek deities, incarnations of destiny
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Earl of Moira
Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...
, a title in the Peerage of Ireland, derived from the village of Moira, County Down
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Moira (horse)
Moira (foaled April 11, 2019) is a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2022 Woodbine Oaks and Queen's Plate. She set a track record in the Queen's Plate while becoming the 38th filly to win the race.
Background
Moira is a bay fill ...
, a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
See also
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Moire (disambiguation) A moire, moiré pattern or moiré fringe is an interference pattern.
Moire or Moiré may also refer to:
* Moiré, Rhône, a commune in France
* Moire (fabric), a textile with a wavy appearance
* Emmanuel Moire (born 1979), French singer
* Milo Mo ...
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Morea (disambiguation)
Morea was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula during the Middle Ages.
Morea may also refer to:
Places
* Morea, Illinois, United States
* Morea, Pennsylvania, United States
* Morea (Charlottesville, Virginia), United States, a historic home
Peo ...
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Moria (disambiguation)
Moria may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Moria (Middle-earth), fictional location in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien
* '' Moria: The Dwarven City'', a 1984 fantasy role-playing game supplement
* ''Moria'' (1978 video game), a dungeon-crawler g ...
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Morya (disambiguation)
Morya may refer to:
* Morya (Theosophy), one of the "Masters of the Ancient Wisdom" spoken of in modern Theosophy
* Morya Gosavi, a prominent saint of the Hindu Ganapatya sect
* ''Morya'' (film), 2011 Marathi film
*''"Ganapati Bappa Morya"'', a ...
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