"hora" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: horas [plural]
Etymology: From Hebrew הוֹרָה (hóra), Yiddish האָרע (hore), and Romanian horă, from Turkish hora, probably from Greek χορός (chorós, “dance”). Doublet of choir, chorus, and quire. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|הוֹרָה|tr=hóra}} Hebrew הוֹרָה (hóra), {{der|en|yi|האָרע}} Yiddish האָרע (hore), {{bor|en|ro|horă}} Romanian horă, {{der|en|tr|hora}} Turkish hora, {{der|en|el|χορός||dance}} Greek χορός (chorós, “dance”), {{doublet|en|choir|chorus|quire}} Doublet of choir, chorus, and quire Head templates: {{en-noun}} hora (plural horas)
  1. (dance) A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide. Wikidata QID: Q653485 Categories (topical): Dances Translations (circle dance): хоро (horo) (Bulgarian), hora (Finnish), הוֹרָה (hóra) [feminine] (Hebrew), hóra (Hungarian), оро (oro) (Macedonian), پنزه (panze) (Persian), hora [feminine] (Polish), horă (Romanian), хо́ра (xóra) [feminine] (Russian), коло [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), оро [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), kolo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), oro [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), hora (Turkish), האָרע (hore) [feminine] (Yiddish), הורה (hore) [feminine] (Yiddish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit होरा (horā, “hour”). Doublet of hour and year. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(H)yeh₁-}}, {{bor|en|sa|होरा||hour}} Sanskrit होरा (horā, “hour”), {{doublet|en|hour|year}} Doublet of hour and year Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} hora (uncountable)
  1. A branch of traditional Indian astrology, dealing with the finer points of predictive methods. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-hora-en-noun-kvE63k8U
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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