Moira Explained

Moira may refer to:

Places

Australia

Moira, New South Wales, an Australian rural community
County of Moira, Victoria, Australia
Division of Moira, Victoria, Australia, an Electoral Division
Shire of Moira, a local government area in Victoria, Australia

Canada

Moira, Ontario, an unincorporated area
Moira Lake, Ontario
Moira River, Ontario

United Kingdom

Moira, County Down, a village in Northern Ireland
- Moira railway station
Moira, Leicestershire, a village in England
- Moira Furnace, nineteenth century iron-making blast furnace

United States

Moira, New York, a town
Moira Sound, Alaska

Elsewhere

Moira, Achaea, a village in Greece
Moira, Goa, a village in India
638 Moira, an asteroid

People

Moira (given name), including a list of women and fictional characters
Gerald Moira (1867–1959), English painter
Earl of Moira, extinct title in the peerage of Ireland

Arts, entertainment, and media

Moira (album), a 2008 story album by the Japanese musical group Sound Horizon
Moira (film), a 2015 Georgian film
Moira (Utrecht), a music and art venue in Utrecht, Netherlands
Moira MacTaggert, a Marvel character associated with the X-Men
Moira O'Deorain, a fictional character from the video game Overwatch

Ships

HMS Moira (1805), a British Royal Navy schooner
, a Greek coaster in service during 1966

Other

Moira (military), a Greek military formation
Moira, a genus of prehistoric echinoderms
Moira, the singular of Moirai (Fates), Greek deities, incarnations of destiny
Earl of Moira, a title in the Peerage of Ireland, derived from the village of Moira, County Down
Moira (horse), a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
Portrait of Lord Moira, a 1790 painting by Joshua Reynolds

See also