Meaning and background
The story behind Zora
Zora is a name meaning dawn or aurora in South Slavic languages, as well as Czech and Slovak. Behind the Name records it in Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Czech and Slovak, with Зора in the listed Cyrillic traditions. The dawn meaning offers a concrete natural image for a new companion. Pronunciation varies across those languages, so a family’s intended cultural connection can guide how the name is said.
- Meaning
- Dawn or aurora in South Slavic languages, Czech and Slovak. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Zora appears in 12 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/zɔɹə/
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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/zɔɹə/ · primary stress on syllable 1Z 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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