mora

Mora is a toponymic surname of Spanish origin and is used as a given name in some contexts. The Spanish word mora means blackberry, and the name appears in Spanish-speaking countries as well as in other parts of Europe and the Americas. The word often appears in place names and surnames.

Geographic places named Mora include Mora, Minnesota, a city in Kanabec County, United States; Mora, New Mexico, a town and the county seat of Mora County, United States; and Mora Municipality in Dalarna County, central Sweden, whose seat is the city of Mora. The Swedish Mora is also associated with the annual Vasaloppet cross-country ski race, which ends in Mora.

In linguistics, a mora is a unit of syllabic timing used to measure rhythm in some languages. Different languages assign varying numbers of morae to syllables, influencing prosody and meter. The term mora is also encountered outside linguistic contexts as a common Spanish noun meaning blackberry, reflecting the word’s origin in place names and family names.

Overall, Mora functions as a geographic, cultural, and linguistic term with multiple related but distinct uses across regions and disciplines.