Nora, or Norah, is a feminine personal name of Latin origin, meaning "the bright one" or "honor", and may refer to:
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People
- Nora Aly, a multi-awarded Egyptian actress-singer-model-poet.
- Nora Aunor, a multi-awarded Filipino actress-singer-producer.
- Nora Aislinn, an American writer and actor.
- Norah Baring, a British movie actress.
- Nora Barlow, the granddaughter of the British naturalist Charles Darwin.
- Nora Barnacle, the wife of author James Joyce.
- Norah Beare, a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
- Norah Borges, an artist and is the sister of the writer Jorge Luis Borges.
- Nora Chesson, an English poet
- Nora David, Baroness David, a British Labour Party politician and life peer.
- Nora Denney, an American actress.
- Nora Edocseny, an athlete from Hungary.
- Nora Isacoff, an American linguist and cognitive scientist
- Nora Jane Noone, an Irish actress
- Norah Jones, an American pianist and singer-songwriter
- Nora Kaye, an American ballerina.
- Norah Lange, an Argentinian author.
- Norah Lofts, a 20th century best-selling British author.
- Norah McGuinness, an Irish painter and illustrator.
- Nora Muchanic, a New Jersey News Correspondent.
- Norah O'Donnell, a correspondent for NBC News.
- Nora Owen, a senior Irish politician.
- Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips, a British Labour politician.
- Nora Radcliffe, a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician.
- Nora Simpson, an Australian modernist painter.
- Norah Stoner, a former politician in Ontario, Canada.
- Norah Vincent, an American journalist and author.
Places
- Australia
- Norah Head, New South Wales, a headland on the Central Coast
- Italy
- Nora, Italy, archaeological site in Sardinia
- Pula, Italy, known in Roman times as Nora
- Torre Forcadizo, Sardinia, known in Roman times as Nora
- Sweden
- Nora Municipality
- Nora and Hjulsjö Mountain District, a district of Västmanland
- United States
- Nora, Illinois, a village in Jo Daviess County
- Nora, Indianapolis, Indiana, a neighborhood
- Nora, Nebraska, a village in Nuckolls County
- Nora Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota
- Nora Township, Pope County, Minnesota
- Zimbabwe
- Glen Norah, a high-density suburb in Harare
Fiction
- Nora (film)
- 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 Walker, a character from Brothers & Sisters
- Another name for Robita, a character created by Osamu Tezuka
- Nora, the protagonist of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House
Music
- NORA, a hardcore band
- "Nora," a song by The Long Winters from the 2003 album When I Pretend to Fall
Technology
- Nora (technology), Non-Obvious Relationship Awareness
Other
- 783 Nora, a minor planet orbiting the Sun
- Tropical Storm Nora, several
- Nora (wine), a Spanish white wine
- 152 mm field gun-howitzer M84 NORA-A, a Serbian-made weapon
- Nora (cat), celebrity animal famous for playing piano
