Ori or ORI may refer to:

People

Ori (Hebrew) Ori is a Hebrew given name, for males and females (though more common for males) which means "my light”. Also a name from the Hebrew Bible ( Isaiah chapter 60). A female name with a similar meaning and sound is Orit (meaning "A small light"). The ...

, a Hebrew given name, and a list of Israeli people with the name *

Ori Kowarsky Ori Judd Kowarsky (born September 2, 1970) is a Vancouver, British Columbia lawyer and filmmaker. His 2002 film, ''Various Positions'', won the Prix de Montréal at the 2002 Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; ...

(born 1970), Canadian filmmaker and lawyer * Ōri Umesaka (1900–1965), Japanese photographer *

Amos Ori Amos Ori ( he, עמוס אורי, born 1956) is a professor of Physics at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. He received media attention in 2005 when he proposed, in a letter to ''Physical Review Letters'', what he cla ...

(born 1956), Israeli physicist and professor * Györgyi Őri (born 1955), Hungarian former handball player *

Israel Ori Israel Ori () (1658–1711) was a prominent figure of the Armenian national liberation movement and a diplomat that sought the liberation of Armenia from Persia and the Ottoman Empire. Early life Ori was born in 1658 in the village of Sisian in ...

(1658–1711), a prominent figure of the Armenian national liberation movement and diplomat *

Valvil Ori Valvil Ori was a king and a skilled archer, who ruled Kolli Hills region in present day Tamil Nadu. He was one of the Tamil ''Kadai ezhu vallal'' (Transl. 'Last Seven Patrons'). Politically he aligned with the Cholas and fought against the Ch ...

, a king in what is now Tamil Nadu, India around 200 AD

Fictional or mythical characters

* Ori – see List of dwarfs in Norse mythology *

Ori (Middle-earth) This article describes all named characters appearing in J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 book ''The Hobbit''. Creatures as collectives are not included. Characters are categorized by race. Spelling and point of view are given as from ''The Hobbit''. Ho ...

, a dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium of Middle-earth *

Ori (Stargate) The Ori are fictional characters in the science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1''. They are a group of " ascended" beings who use their advanced technology and knowledge of the universe in attempt to trick non-ascended humans into wo ...

, fictional evil beings in the ''Stargate SG-1'' television series * Ori, the titular protagonist of the ''

Ori and the Blind Forest ''Ori and the Blind Forest'' is a platform-adventure Metroidvania video game developed by Moon Studios and published by Microsoft Studios. The game was released for Xbox One and Microsoft Windows in March 2015, and for Nintendo Switch in Sep ...

'' and ''

Ori and the Will of the Wisps ''Ori and the Will of the Wisps'' is a platform-adventure Metroidvania video game developed by Moon Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios. Announced during E3 2017, the title is a direct sequel to 2015's ''Ori and the Blind Forest'', and was ...

'' video games

Acronyms

* Obsessive relational intrusion *

United States Office of Research Integrity The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) is a U.S. government agency that focuses on research integrity, especially in health. It was created when the Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI) in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Office of ...

, a government body *

Old Republic International Old Republic International Corporation is an American property insurance and title and deed company. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan ...

, a property insurance and title and deed Fortune 500 company based in Chicago * IATA airport code and FAA location identifier for

Port Lions Airport Port Lions Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located northeast of the central business district of Port Lions, a city located on Kodiak Island in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Federal Aviation Administratio ...

, Alaska *

Origin of replication The origin of replication (also called the replication origin) is a particular sequence in a genome at which replication is initiated. Propagation of the genetic material between generations requires timely and accurate duplication of DNA by semi ...

in cellular biology *

Oregon Research Institute The Oregon Research Institute is an American psychology research institute in Eugene, Oregon. It manages the International Personality Item Pool The International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) is a public domain collection of items for use in pers ...

, a psychology research institute in Eugene, Oregon *

Oriental Research Institute & Manuscripts Library The Oriental Research Institute & Manuscripts Library, University of Kerala, is one of the leading centres of Indology in India. It is located at Kariavattom, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The institute carry out researches on Indian language ma ...

, University of Kerala, India *

Orientation (sign language) In sign languages, orientation () is the distinctive relative degree of rotation of the hand when signing. Orientation is one of five components of a sign, along with handshape (), location (), movement (), and nonmanual features. See also *Ame ...

Other uses

* A standard astronomical abbreviation for

Orion (constellation) Orion is a prominent constellation located on the celestial equator and visible throughout the world. It is one of the most conspicuous and recognizable constellations in the night sky. It is named after Orion (mythology), Orion, a hunter in G ...

Ori (genetics) The origin of replication (also called the replication origin) is a particular sequence in a genome at which replication is initiated. Propagation of the genetic material between generations requires timely and accurate duplication of DNA by semi ...

, the origin of replication signal for DNA replication *

Ori (Yoruba) Ori (known as Orí in Latin America) is a Yoruba metaphysical concept. Ori, literally meaning "head," refers to one's spiritual intuition and destiny. It is the reflective spark of human consciousness embedded into the human essence, and therefore ...

, a metaphysical concept important to Yoruba spirituality and Orisha worship * Pic d'Orhy, aka Ori, a mountain in the Pyrenees * Ori Station, a Seoul Metropolitan Subway station * The Oriental Hotel, also known as ''the Ori'', a pub in Australia * ori, ISO 639-3 code for the

Odia language Odia (, ISO: , ; formerly rendered Oriya ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the official language in Odisha (formerly rendered Orissa), where native speakers make up 82% of the population, and it is also ...

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