Aiora

[ uh-yawr-uh, uh-yohr-uh ]

noun

, (sometimes used with a plural verb)

1. a festival of ancient Attica at which dolls were swung from trees to commemorate Erigone's suicide by hanging.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Aiora¹

< Greek Aiṓra literally, swing (noun), akin to aeírein to lift, aeíresthai to hang, be suspended