Meaning and background
The story behind Mora
Mora has several distinct surname traditions. The Dictionary of American Family Names records Iberian mulberry or place-name connections, French and Catalan personal-name shortenings, and an Italian stone-pile landscape term. Hungarian, Czech, and Polish examples can derive from other personal names; it also gives tentative Czech and Polish nickname explanations. The appealing mulberry association is therefore only one route, and original accents or family records can help distinguish the alternatives.
- Origin
- Surname with Iberian mulberry or place-name, French and Catalan personal-name, Italian stone-pile, central European personal-name and tentative nickname histories. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Mora appears in 9 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/mɔɹə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/mɔɹə/ · primary stress on syllable 1M AO1 R AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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