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Nora

American  
[nawr-uh, nohr-uh] / ˈnɔr ə, ˈnoʊr ə /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Honora.


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The neck has long been a “dead giveaway” of one’s age, Nora Ephron wrote in her collection of essays, “I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

"We should be alarmed and very concerned – it's really the tip of the iceberg," said Nora Amath, the executive director of the Islamophobia Register Australia.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Nora Redmond interviewed Beata Manthey, Citigroup’s head of European equity strategy, who believes investors should broaden their horizons to invest in this particular industry group.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

One of its representatives in Brussels, Nora Hansen, stressed "the importance of jobs and of keeping people in the northern regions", seeing these as a security guarantee against neighbouring Russia.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

As soon as she’s out of sight, Nora opens the storage closet and pulls me inside, closing the door behind her.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks