English Explanatory Dictionary

sora

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rail (Porzana carolina) bird of North, Central, and northern South America.
name
  1. Alternative form of Soram (“surname of Meitei origin”).
noun
  1. A Munda ethnic group from eastern India.
name
  1. An Austroasiatic language spoken in eastern India.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A female given name.
name
  1. Acronym of Sex Offenders Registration Act.

Word forms

sora soras

Etymology

Early 19th-century sources observe that this term was in use in Virginia; presumably it is from an Indigenous American language of that area.

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