Moira
Americannoun
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Moirai
plural
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Classical Mythology.
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the personification of fate.
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Moirai, the Fates. See fate.
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(often lowercase) (among ancient Greeks) a person's fate or destiny.
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a female given name.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Moira
From Greek moîra “part, portion of booty, one’s portion in life, division (of land, people), political party,” related to Greek méros “a part”
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"Elle is a cute, funny fish-out-of-water comedy series", wrote arts critic Moira Macdonald.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
In November, Rainbow Corner, in Moira in County Down, received a letter from the owners of Deramore Orange Hall asking it to leave by 30 June 2027.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
Bouma, working with Moira Jardine of the University of St Andrews, focused on an unusual class of M dwarfs known as complex periodic variables.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026
Her agency CAA confirmed at the time that the actor, celebrated for her portrayal of narcissistic former soap star Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek,” died after a brief illness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
Moira said later that it wasn’t real, it was done with models; but it was hard to tell.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
The actress also points to the mythological figures known as The Fates or Moirai, who appear throughout the series and become increasingly central to Zoe's emotional unravelling.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
He now lives back in New York, where his next project will be Gbadu and the Moirai Index, a work for four female singers to be performed near the New York stock exchange.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2013
Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
Their tragedies were largely limited to Nemesis, the Moirai, the Erinnydes, and lower forms, such as harpies.
From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
Suddenly, as she yet spake, the Moirai stood before her.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
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