Bora

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Bora f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Romaleidae – certain lubber grasshoppers.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Polyneoptera – superorder; Orthoptera – order; Caelifera – suborder; Acrididea – infraorder; Acridoidea – superfamily; Romaleidae – family; Bactrophorinae – subfamily; Bactrophorini – tribe

• (genus): Bora nemoralis – type species

• Romaleidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Romaleidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Romaleidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bora at iNaturalist

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Bora pl (plural only)

1. An indigenous tribe of the Peruvian, Colombian and Brazilian Amazon.

Bora

1. A language spoken in Colombia and Peru.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Bora terms

Various origins:

• Borrowed from Assamese বৰা (bora), a surname of unclear origin.
• Borrowed from Romanian Bora, a feminine hypocoristic form of the personal name Boris.
• Borrowed from Polish Bora, a pet form of Borzyslaw or Bolebor.
• Borrowed from Hungarian Bora, a variant of Bara.

Bora (plural Boras)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bora is the 35812^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 627 individuals. Bora is most common among White (58.05%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (33.17%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bora”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 194.

• Bora Bora

• Abor, Baro, baro-, boar, broa

From borë (“snow”), possibly related to Illyrian *Bora, *Boria.

Bora f

1. a female given name

Related to Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās, “north wind”).

Bora

1. a male given name