Moira may refer to:

Places

Australia

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 *

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 * Division of Moira, Victoria, Australia, an Electoral Division *

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

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 *

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 *

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

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 ** Moira railway station *

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 **

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

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 *

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

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 *

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 *

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

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 *

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 *

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

* ''Moira'' (album), a 2008 story album by the Japanese musical group Sound Horizon * ''Moira'' (film), a 2015 Georgian film * Moira (''Overwatch''), a fictional character from the video game ''Overwatch'' *

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 *

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

* HMS ''Moira'' (1805), a British Royal Navy schooner * , a Greek coaster in service during 1966

Other

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 *

, a title in the Peerage of Ireland, derived from the village of Moira, County Down *

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 fil ...

, a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse