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Moira may refer to:

Geography

• Moira, Achaea, a village in Greece
• Moira, County Down, Northern Ireland town
  • Moira railway station, Moira, Northern Ireland
• Moira, Goa, a village in India
• Moira, Leicestershire, former English mining village
  • Moira Furnace, nineteenth century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire
• County of Moira, Victoria, Australia
• Division of Moira, Victoria, Australia, an Electoral Division
• Shire of Moira, a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia
• Moira, New South Wales, Australian rural community
• Moira, New York, US town
• Moira, Ontario, Canadian unincorporated area
• Moira Lake, Ontario, Canada
• Moira River, Ontario, Canada

Other

• Moira (given name)
• Earl of Moira, an Irish title
• One of the three Fates, known collectively as Moirae
• Moira (military), a Greek military formation
• HMS Moira (1805), British Royal Navy schooner
• Moira (genus), a genus of echinoderms
• 638 Moira, an asteroid
• Moira, an album by Japanese band Sound Horizon

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Moira

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English

Etymology 1

From the Greek meaning fate, from moros, (fate, destiny, doom, lot) from meiresthai, (to receive one's share).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪrə

Proper noun

Moira

1. (Greek mythology) The personification of fate.

Related terms

• Moirae

Etymology 2

Anglicized from Irish Máire, cognate to Mary.

Proper noun

Moira

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Maureen

Anagrams

• Anagrams of aimor
• Maori, Māori
• Mario
• moria