English Explanatory Dictionary

hora

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.
noun
  1. A branch of traditional Indian astrology, dealing with the finer points of predictive methods.
name
  1. A goddess of the seasons; one of the Horae.

Word forms

hora horas Horae

Etymology

From Hebrew הוֹרָה (hóra), Yiddish האָרע (hore), and Romanian horă, from Turkish hora, probably from Greek χορός (chorós, “dance”). Doublet of choir, chorus, and quire.

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