Moira
Americannoun
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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.
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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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"It has to stay here, it has to be somewhere in Moira itself, because there is such a demand," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 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
Moira was my touchstone as I struggled with the reality of an unusually transient life, having lived in 29 homes by the age of 46.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
My name is Moira and this is the Red Center.
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
But the mighty Moirai, whose word even Zeus himself may not turn aside, had fixed the doom of Meleagros.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
To keep this pact, I find surpass my power; Rescind it, Moirai!
From Browning and His Century by Clarke, Helen Archibald
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