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- Nora (name)Nora (name)Nora or Norah is an English and Irish feminine personal name. It mainly originates as a short form of Honora , a common Anglo-Norman name, ultimately derived from the Latin word Honor . In other European use the name may also originate as a short form of Eleonora or Eleanor...
, an English and Irish feminine personal name - Nóra (name), a Hungarian feminine personal name
People
- Nora AunorNora AunorNora "Guy" Aunor is a multi-awarded Filipino actress, singer and producer. Aunor has also topbilled several stage plays, television shows, and concerts. She is regarded as the "Superstar in Philippine Entertainment Industry"...
, a multi-awarded Filipino actress-singer-producer - Norah BaringNorah BaringNorah Baring , born Norah Minnie Baker, was an English film actress most famous for portraying "Diana Baring" in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Murder! . She is also known for playing the female lead in Anthony Asquith's silent thriller A Cottage on Dartmoor...
, a British movie actress - Nora BallingNora BallingNora-Isabelle Balling, also known as Nora Anders is a German fashion model, and was the first wife of the singer and former Modern Talking member, Thomas Anders, between 1985 and 1999....
, a German fashion model and former wife of Thomas AndersThomas AndersThomas Anders is a German singer, composer and record producer. Anders was the lead singer of Germany's popular pop-duo Modern Talking in 1984–1987 and in 1998–2003.-Early years:... - Nora BarlowNora BarlowEmma Nora Barlow was the granddaughter of the British naturalist Charles Darwin, who edited and published previously unseen examples of her grandfather's work.- Biography :...
, the granddaughter of the British naturalist Charles Darwin - Nora BarnacleNora BarnacleNora Barnacle was the lover, companion, inspiration, and eventual wife of author James Joyce.-Biography:Nora Barnacle was born in the town of Galway, Ireland, but the day of her birth is uncertain. Depending on the source, it varies between the 21st and the 24th of March 1884...
, the wife of author James Joyce - Nora BayesNora BayesNora Bayes was a popular American singer, comedienne and actress of the early 20th century.-Early life and career:...
, American singer of the early 20th century - Norah BeareNorah BeareNorah Beare was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Lagan Valley.She was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party candidate in the Assembly election of 2003; however, she defected to the Democratic Unionist Party in 2004 along with Jeffrey Donaldson MP, MLA for Lagan Valley and Arlene...
, a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly - Norah BorgesNorah BorgesLeonor Fanny Borges Acevedo , better known by the pseudonym Norah Borges was a visual artist and art critic, member of the Florida group, and sister of the Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges....
, an artist and is the sister of the writer Jorge Luis Borges - Nora ChessonNora ChessonNora Hopper was an English poet. She was born in Exeter, of an Irish father Capt Harman Baillie Hopper. She was a participant in the Irish literary movement of the 1890s, having some influence on W. B...
, an English poet - Nora W. CoffeyNora W. CoffeyNora W. Coffey is a prominent women’s health advocate, activist and educator.She has lectured extensively in the United States and in Europe. Coffey has been a guest lecturer in medical schools, nursing schools, undergraduate and graduate programs. She has been invited to present papers to Women...
, women's health activist, focused on stopping unwarranted, unwanted, unconsented hysterectomy - Nora David, Baroness David, a British Labour Party politician and life peer
- Nora DenneyNora DenneyNora "Dodo" Denney was an American stage, television, and film actress.One of her most notable roles was as Mrs. Teavee in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, starring Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson. She was initially the producers' second choice behind Jean Stapleton who did the pilot for All in...
, an American actress - Nóra EdöcsényNora EdocsenyNóra Edöcsény-Hóbor is a female athlete from Hungary, who competes in triathlon. Edocseny competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took nineteenth place with a total time of 2:05:20.03....
, an athlete from Hungary - Nora EphronNora EphronNora Ephron is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, playwright, journalist, author, and blogger.She is best known for her romantic comedies and is a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay; for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally... and Sleepless in...
, American film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, and blogger - Nóra GörbeNóra GörbeNóra Görbe is a Hungarian actress, singer and pop icon.-Life:She is the daughter of legendary film actor János Görbe.She considered becoming a ballet dancer before turning to acting....
, Hungarian actress, singer and pop icon - Nora GreenwaldNora GreenwaldNora Kristina Greenwald , better known by her ring name Molly Holly, is an inactive American professional wrestler. Greenwald is best known for her appearances with World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment .Greenwald began her professional wrestling career in WCW, where she...
, an American professional wrestler - Norah JonesNorah JonesNorah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...
, an American pianist and singer-songwriter - Nora KayeNora KayeNora Kaye was an American ballerina called the Duse of Dance after acclaimed actress Eleonora Duse. She also worked in films as a choreographer and producer....
, an American ballerina - Nora of KelmendiNora of KelmendiNora of Kelmendi , is also referred to as the "Helen of Albania" as her beauty also sparked a great war. She is also called the Albanian Brünhilde too, for she herself was the greatest woman warrior in the history of Albania...
, Albanian heroine - Norah LangeNorah LangeNorah Lange was an Argentine author, associated with the Buenos Aires avant garde of the 1920s and 1930s....
, an Argentinian author - Nora Leksir, a French race walker
- Norah LoftsNorah LoftsNorah Lofts, née Norah Robinson, was a 20th century best-selling British author. She wrote more than fifty books specialising in historical fiction, but she also wrote non-fiction and short stories...
, a 20th century best-selling British author - Norah McClintockNorah McClintockNorah McClintock is a Canadian award winning Young-adult fiction writer.Born and raised in Montreal, McClintock received a degree in history from McGill University. She now lives in Toronto...
, a Canadian young-adult fiction writer - Norah McGuinnessNorah McGuinnessNorah McGuinness was an Irish painter and illustrator.Norah McGuinness trained at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and at Chelsea Polytechnic in London before spending the 1920s working in Dublin as a book illustrator and stage designer...
, an Irish painter and illustrator - Nora Jane NooneNora Jane NooneNora-Jane Noone is an Irish film and television actress best known for her role in The Magdalene Sisters, where she played Bernadette.-Early life:...
, an Irish actress - Norah O'DonnellNorah O'DonnellNorah O'Donnell is an American print and television journalist, currently serving as the Chief White House Correspondent for CBS News in Washington, D.C., a position she has held since June 2011.-Early life:...
, a correspondent for NBC News - Nora OwenNora OwenNora Owen , is a former Irish Fine Gael politician. She was a Teachta Dála for Dublin North from 1981 to 1987 and from 1989 to 2002. She also served as Minister for Justice from 1994 to 1997.-Early life:...
, a senior Irish politician - Norah Phillips, Baroness PhillipsNorah Phillips, Baroness PhillipsNorah Phillips, Baroness Phillips, JP was a British Labour politician.Born Norah Mary Lusher, she was educated at Hampton Training College as a teacher...
, a British Labour politician - Nora RadcliffeNora RadcliffeNora Radcliffe is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and former Member of the Scottish Parliament for Gordon, first elected in 1999...
, a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician - Nora RobertsNora RobertsNora Roberts is a bestselling American author of more than 209 romance novels. She writes as J.D. Robb for the "In Death" series, and has also written under the pseudonym Jill March...
, an American author - Nora SayreNora SayreNora Clemens Sayre was an American film critic and essayist. She was a reviewer of films for The New York Times in the 1970s, and, from 1981, a writing teacher at Columbia University for many years...
, an American film critic - Nora SimpsonNora SimpsonNora Simpson was an Australian modernist painter.Based in Sydney, Simpson is often considered the mother of Australian modernism. While returning from France in 1913, she brought back a series of reproductions of then-current works which proved extremely influential to the movement....
, an Australian modernist painter - Norah StonerNorah StonerNorah Jane Stoner is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990.Stoner worked as a commercial artist before entering political life...
, a former politician in Ontario, Canada - Nora TschirnerNora TschirnerNora Marie Tschirner is a German actress and television and radio presenter.-Early life:Nora Tschirner was born in East Berlin to the documentary film director Joachim Tschirner and the radio journalist Waltraud Tschirner. She grew up with her two older brothers in the East Berlin suburb Pankow...
, German actress - Norah VincentNorah VincentNorah Vincent is an American writer.Vincent was a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies from its 2001 inception to 2003...
, an American journalist and author - Nora Zehetner, an American film and television actress
- Nóirín Ní RiainNóirín Ní RiainNóirín Ní Riain is an Irish singer, writer, teacher, theologian and an authority on Gregorian Chant . She is primarily known for spiritual songs, but also sings Celtic music, Sean-nós and Indian songs. Nóirín plays an Indian harmonium , Shruti box and Feadóg...
, an Irish singer, writer, teacher, theologian
Places
Australia- Norah Head, New South WalesNorah Head, New South WalesNorah Head, originally known as Bungaree Noragh Point, is a headland on the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia, south of Newcastle and north of Sydney. The nearest town is Toukley. The place is home to a lighthouse with scenic views, which is also considered a venue for weddings...
, a headland on the Central Coast
Italy
- Nora, ItalyNora, Italythumb|250px|The Punic Quarter in the archaeological site of Nora.Nora is an ancient Roman and pre-Roman town placed on a peninsula near Pula, near to Cagliari in Sardinia. According with the legend, Nora was founded by a group of Iberians led by Norax, a mythological hero son of Eriteide and the...
, archaeological site in Sardinia - Pula, Croatia, known in Roman times as Nora
Sweden
- Nora, SwedenNora, SwedenNora is a locality and the seat of Nora Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 6,496 inhabitants in 2005.Despite its small population, Nora is referred to as a "city" for historical reasons. Statistics Sweden, however, only counts localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as...
- Nora MunicipalityNora MunicipalityNora Municipality is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Nora.The amalgamation leading to the present municipality took place already in 1967 and in 1971 the City of Nora became a unitary municipality.- Localities :* Dalkarlsberg* Gyttorp*...
- Nora and Hjulsjö Mountain District, a district of Västmanland
United States
- Nora, IllinoisNora, IllinoisNora is a village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. The population was 121 at the 2010 census, up from 118 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Nora is located at ....
, a village in Jo Daviess County - Nora, IndianapolisNora, IndianapolisNora is a neighborhood on the north side of Indianapolis, generally considered to be contained by Meridian Street on the west, Castleton on the east, Ravenswood to the south, and 96th Street on the north...
, Indiana, a neighborhood - Nora, NebraskaNora, NebraskaNora is a village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 20 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Nora is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
, a village in Nuckolls County - Nora, WisconsinNora, WisconsinNora is an unincorporated community located in the town of Cottage Grove, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. Nora is located on U.S. Route 12 and U.S. Route 18 west-southwest of Deerfield. Nora has existed since at least 1877, at which time it had a post office with tri-weekly mail service....
, an unincorporated community in Dane County - Nora Township, Clearwater County, MinnesotaNora Township, Clearwater County, MinnesotaNora Township is a township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 408 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.1 square miles , of which, 35.8 square miles of it is land and...
- Nora Township, Pope County, MinnesotaNora Township, Pope County, MinnesotaNora Township is a township in Pope County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 207 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.2 square miles , of which, 33.8 square miles of it is land and 2.4 square...
Zimbabwe
- Glen NorahGlen NorahGlen Norah is a high-density suburb in Harare.Nearby Highfield township is regarded to be where the fight for the liberation struggle started. Glen Norah is divided in three sections A, B and C with A bordering with another township Glen View...
, a high-density suburb in Harare
Fiction
- Nora (film)Nora (film)Nora is a 2000 film directed by Pat Murphy about Nora Barnacle and her husband, Irish author James Joyce. It stars Ewan McGregor as Joyce and Susan Lynch as the title character of Nora Barnacle.-Cast:-Plot:...
- Nora, a character from the film Pete's DragonPete's DragonPete's Dragon is a 1977 live-action/animated musical film from Walt Disney Productions and the first Disney film to be recorded in the Dolby Stereo sound system...
- Nora Batty, a character in the long-running British sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine
- Nora Huntington, a character from Desperate Housewives
- Norah Satie, a character from Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Nora WalkerNora WalkerNora Maureen Holden Walker is a fictional character on the television drama, Brothers & Sisters. She is portrayed in the series by veteran actress Sally Field. Nora is the main character of the series...
, a character from Brothers & Sisters - Another name for RobitaRobitaRobita is a fictional character, a robot who appears in Osamu Tezuka's manga series Phoenix. It is also a character in the modern Astro Boy animated series.-Phoenix:...
, a character created by Osamu Tezuka - Nora, the protagonist of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's HouseA Doll's HouseA Doll's House is a three-act play in prose by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premièred at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month....
- Nora Tyler Bing, a recurring character from FriendsFriendsFriends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
- Nora Charles, character in The Thin ManThe Thin ManThe Thin Man is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally published in Redbook. Although he never wrote a sequel, the book became the basis for a successful six-part film series which also began in 1934 with The Thin Man and starred William Powell and Myrna Loy...
series, wife of Nick Charles - Nora: The Last Chronicle of DevildomNora: The Last Chronicle of Devildomis a manga series created by . It was serialized in Japan by Shueisha in Monthly Shōnen Jump from March 2004 to December 2006 and collected in nine bound volumes. There is a sequel series, , which is ironically Cerberus spelled backwards, currently in serialization...
, a manga series by Kazunari Kakei, as well as the titular character of the series - Nora Arendt, character from anime Spice and WolfSpice and Wolfis a Japanese light novel series written by Isuna Hasekura, with illustrations by Jū Ayakura. ASCII Media Works published 17 novels between February 2006 and July 2011 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. ASCII Media Works reported that as of October 2008, over 2.2 million copies of the first nine...
Music
- NORA (band)Nora (band)Nora is a metalcore band from Highland Park, New Jersey. The band took its name from Nora Diniro, a character from the film Pump Up the Volume.Formed in 1996, the band debuted on Ferret Music and moved to Trustkill Records in 1999...
, a hardcore band - "Nora," a song by The Long Winters from the 2003 album When I Pretend to FallWhen I Pretend to FallWhen I Pretend to Fall, is the second album by indie rock band The Long Winters. It was released on Barsuk Records in 2003.-Track listing:# "Blue Diamonds" – 3:49# "Scared Straight" – 4:17# "Shapes" – 4:03# "Cinnamon" – 4:12...
Other
- 783 Nora783 Nora-External links:*...
, a minor planet orbiting the Sun - Tropical Storm Nora (disambiguation), several
- 152 mm field gun-howitzer M84 NORA-A, a Yugoslav-made weapon
- Nora (cat)Nora (cat)Nora is a gray tabby cat, rescued from a shelter in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, who has become famous for "tapping" the piano. The Times of London, in its online edition, characterized her music as being "something halfway between Philip Glass and free jazz."Nora was named after the artist Leonora...
, celebrity animal famous for playing piano - Pox Nora, a multiplayer online game
- Thomas Anders' necklace NORA
- National Occupational Research AgendaNational Occupational Research AgendaThe National Occupational Research Agenda is a partnership program developed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health . The program was founded in 1996 to provide a framework for research collaborations among universities, large and small businesses, professional societies,...
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