Nora Explained

Nora, NORA, or Norah may refer to:

• Nora (name), a feminine given name

People with the surname

• Arlind Nora (born 1980), Albanian footballer
• Pierre Nora (born 1931), French historian

Places

Australia

• Norah Head, New South Wales, headland on the Central Coast

Canada

• Mount Nora, a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Eritrea

• Nora (island), island in the Dahlak Archipelago of Eritrea

Italy

• Nora, Italy, archaeological site in Sardinia

Russia

• Nora (river), a river in the Russian Far East

Sweden

• Nora, Sweden
• Nora Municipality
• Nora and Hjulsjö Mountain District, district of Västmanland

Turkey

• Nora (Cappadocia), a town of ancient Cappadocia, now in Turkey

United States

• Nora, Idaho, an unincorporated community
• Nora, Illinois, village in Jo Daviess County
• Nora, Indianapolis, Indiana, a neighborhood
• Nora, Michigan, a former settlement
• Nora, Nebraska, village in Nuckolls County
• Nora, Virginia, unincorporated town in Dickenson County
• Nora, Wisconsin, unincorporated community in Dane County
• Nora Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota
• Nora Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
• Nora Township, Pope County, Minnesota
• Nora School, a high school in Silver Spring, Maryland

Zimbabwe

• Glen Norah, Harare, high-density suburb

Films

• Nora (1923 film), German drama, silent film directed by Berthold Viertel
• Nora (1944 film), German drama directed by Harald Braun
• Nora (2000 film), directed by Pat Murphy, about Nora Barnacle and her husband James Joyce
• Nora (2008 film), South African documentary directed by Alla Kovgan and David Hinton

Music

• NORA (band), hardcore band
• "Nora", a song by The Long Winters from the 2003 album When I Pretend to Fall
• "Nora", a song written by Irving Berlin 1927–31
• "Nora", an alternative name for the folk song "When You and I Were Young, Maggie"

Organizations

• Nora Industrier, a Norwegian manufacturer of soft drinks and foodstuffs
• Restaurant Nora, an organic restaurant in Washington, D.C., United States
• National Occupational Research Agenda, United States

Television

• Nora (TV series), from Venezuela
• Nora (The Flash episode), a 2018 episode of The Flash

Weapons

• Gun-howitzer M84 NORA, a Yugoslav-made weapon
• Nora B-52, a Serbian self-propelled howitzer

Other uses

• 783 Nora, minor planet orbiting the Sun
• Menora (dance), traditional Thai dance drama
• National Online Repository of the Arts in Singapore, co-founded by Madeleine Lee (writer)
• Nora (EWTC show), a theatre show by the East West Theatre Company, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Nora Stone, an ancient inscription found at Nora, Italy
• Nora (2022 storm), a 2022 cyclone over northwestern Europe
• Tropical Storm Nora, several storms