ORA or Ora may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Ora'' (film), a 2011 experimental dance film *

Rita Ora Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born Rita Sahatçiu; 26 November 1990) is a British singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence in February 2012 when she featured on DJ Fresh's single, "Hot Right Now", which reached number one in the UK. Her debut studi ...

(born 1990), British-Albanian singer-songwriter and actress * ''Ora'' (Jovanotti album), 2011 * ''Ora'' (Rita Ora album), 2012 * "Ora", song by

James Booker James Carroll Booker III (December 17, 1939 – November 8, 1983) was a New Orleans rhythm and blues keyboardist born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Booker's unique style combined rhythm and blues with jazz standards. Musician Dr. J ...

from ''Gonzo: Live 1976'', 2014 * "Ora", song by Lorenzo Jovanotti from ''

Ora ORA or Ora may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Ora'' (film), a 2011 experimental dance film * Rita Ora (born 1990), British-Albanian singer-songwriter and actress * ''Ora'' (Jovanotti album), 2011 * ''Ora'' (Rita Ora album), 2012 * "Ora" ...

'', 2011

Business

* ORA (marque), a sub-brand of Chinese automotive manufacturer Great Wall Motors *

Ora TV Ora TV is a television production studio and on-demand digital television network launched in 2012 by television host Larry King and his wife Shawn Southwick King and funded by América Móvil, a business venture of Mexican billionaire Carlos Sli ...

, an on-demand television company *

One Rail Australia One Rail Australia is an Australian rail freight operator company. Founded by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. in 1997 as Australian Southern Railroad, and later renamed Genesee & Wyoming Australia, it was renamed One Rail Australia in February 2020 aft ...

, an Australian train operator

Organizations and political parties

* Ocean Recovery Alliance, an organization for improving oceanic health * Organization for the Resolution of Agunot, a nonprofit organization *

Reformist Party ORA Reformist Party ORA ( sq, Partia Reformiste ORA) was a social-democratic political party in Kosovo. The party supported Kosovo independence. The party was normally referred to as ORA, which in Albanian means the Hour. ORA was founded as ''Civil ...

, a political party in Kosovo *

Authentic Renewal Organization The Authentic Renewal Organization (ORA) is an Evangelical and Pentecostal political party in Venezuela, originally founded in 1988 by Godofredo Marín and Carlos Mendez. The ORA does not align itself with any specific political ideology, but ...

(''Organización Renovadora Autentica''), a Venezuelan political party *

Revolutionary Anarchist Organization The Revolutionary Anarchist Organization (french: Organisation révolutionnaire anarchiste, ORA) was a French libertarian communist organization that was active during the 1970s. History In 1967, young libertarian communists began to coalesce wit ...

, a French anarchist organization

Places

United States

Ora, California Ora is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, United States. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad east-northeast of Coalinga Coalinga ( or ) is a city in Fresno County and the western San Joaquin Valley, in c ...

, an unincorporated community *

Ora Township, Jackson County, Illinois Ora Township is one of sixteen townships in Jackson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 514 and it contained 210 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or ...

Ora, Indiana Ora is an unincorporated community in southern North Bend Township, Starke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History Although Ora is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 46968. It has been in operation since 1882. Ora ...

, an unincorporated community *

Ora, Mississippi Ora is an unincorporated community in Covington County, Mississippi, United States. It was incorporated in 1901 and had a post office from 1890 until 1922. Ora's population grew from 28 in 1900 to several hundred by 1920, and it was once home to s ...

, an unincorporated community

Europe

Ora, Cyprus Ora ( el, Ορά) is a village in the Larnaca District Larnaca District ( el, Επαρχία Λάρνακας, tr, Larnaka kazası) is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its capital is Larnaca. It is bordered on the east by Famagusta Distr ...

, a village *

Auer, South Tyrol Auer (; it, Ora ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about south of the city of Bolzano. Geography As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 3,648 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: ...

, Italy (Italian name ''Ora''), a municipality

Asia

* Ora, Gunma, a town in Japan *

Ora District, Gunma ORA or Ora may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Ora'' (film), a 2011 experimental dance film * Rita Ora (born 1990), British-Albanian singer-songwriter and actress * ''Ora'' (Jovanotti album), 2011 * ''Ora'' (Rita Ora album), 2012 * "Ora" ...

, a rural district in Gunma Prefecture, Japan *

Ora, Israel Ora ( he, אוֹרָה, lit. ''Radiance'') is a moshav in central Israel. Located southwest of Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was established in 1950 ...

, a settlement southwest of Jerusalem *

Odigram Odigram (also spelled Udigram or Hodigram; ps, اوډيګرام) is a settlement in the Swat Valley, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northern Pakistan. It forms an administrative unit known as Union council or ward in Tehsil Babuzai, of Sw ...

, Pakistan, known in ancient times as Ora

Africa

Ora River The Ora River is a river of West Nile, Northern Uganda The Northern Region is one of four regions in the country of Uganda. As of Uganda's 2014 census, the region's population was . Districts As of 2010, the Northern Region had 30 district ...

, Uganda

Oceania

Lake Ora Lake Ora is a lake in the Northland Region of New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and ove ...

, New Zealand

Other uses

Ora (currency) The Ora (symbol:Φ, ) is the local currency of Orania, an Afrikaner whites-only town in South Africa first issued in April 2004. It is pegged at par with the South African rand. The name, recalling that of the town where it circulates, derives f ...

, used in Orania, Northern Cape * ''Ora'' (beetle), a genus of flea marsh beetles *

Ora (given name) Ora is the given name of: * Ora Alexander (fl. early 1930s), American classic female blues singer * Ora Anlen (born 1944), Israeli Paralympic athlete in various sports * Ora Carew (1893–1955), American silent film actress * Ora Collard (1902&n ...

, a list of people *

Ora (mythology) The Ora ( Albanian: orë, definite form: ora, pl.: orë/t) is an Albanian mythological figure that every human possesses from birth, associated with human destiny and fate. Often depicted as three female deities, the Ora “maintain the order ...

, in Albanian folklore *

Typhoon Ora (disambiguation) The name Ora has been used for seven tropical cyclones in the northwest Pacific Ocean: * Typhoon Ora (1951) (T5113) – approached the Philippines * Typhoon Ora (1963) (T6321, 39W) * Severe Tropical Storm Ora (1966) (T6608, 08W, Loleng) – struc ...

, seven tropical cyclones in the Pacific Ocean *

Ora Arena The Ora Arena is the first purpose-built live entertainment venue in Turkey with a full standing capacity of up to 6,300 including ten VIP boxes for twelve guests each. The indoor arena, located in Bayrampaşa, Istanbul, is the prominent part of ...

, an entertainment venue in Turkey * USS ''Ora'' (SP-75), an armed U.S. Navy motorboat from 1917 to 1920 * ''

Organisation de resistance de l'armee An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived fro ...

'', a paramilitary group in France during World War II * Ora, a name for the Italian wine grape

Garganega Garganega (, ; meaning "from Gargano") is a variety of white Italian wine grape widely grown in the Veneto region of North East Italy, particularly in the provinces of Verona and Vicenza. It is Italy's 6th most widely planted white grape. It for ...

* Ora, a dialect name for the

Ivbiosakon language Ivbiosakon, or Aoma, is an Edoid language of Edo State, Nigeria. The dialect names Ora and Emai are also used for the language. Phonology Aoma has a rather reduced system, compared to proto-Edoid, of seven vowels; these form two harmonic sets, ...

of Nigeria * Ora, a native name for the

Komodo dragon The Komodo dragon (''Varanus komodoensis''), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a member of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and Gili Motang. It is the largest extant ...

* Ora, mother of

Serug Serug ( he, שְׂרוּג – ''Śərūḡ'', "branch"; gr, Σερούχ – ''Seroúkh'') was the son of Reu and the father of Nahor, according to Genesis 11:20–23. He is also the great-grandfather of Abraham, thus the ancestor of the Ishm ...

in the Bible * .ora, the default extension for

OpenRaster OpenRaster is a file format proposed for the common exchange of layered images between raster graphics editors. It is meant as a replacement for later versions of the Adobe PSD format. OpenRaster is still in development and so far is supported ...

files * ISO 639-3 code for the Oroha language, spoken in the Solomon Islands * ora is "

hour An hour (symbol: h; also abbreviated hr) is a unit of time conventionally reckoned as of a day and scientifically reckoned between 3,599 and 3,601 seconds, depending on the speed of Earth's rotation. There are 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 ho ...

" in Italian.