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orë

Pronunciation: /ˈɔɾ(ə)/

“orë” is an Albanian word. Its 16 meanings in English:

noun

  1. hour (unit of time)
  2. clock (timepiece)
  3. watch (timepiece worn on the wrist)
  4. mountain nymph; Albanian folk belief pictured as a woman, snake, etc. and whom lived in the mountains, forests, fields, springs or near people, helping them or giving good luck to good people and punishing bad people.
  5. fate, luck
  6. Aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus)
  7. to get enraged, get angry
  8. in a bad mental state, angry, sad
  9. exhausted, weary, down-hearted, weakened
  10. something has ended
  11. mad, crazy, fool
  12. start action against someone or something
  13. impulsive, spontaneous, hasty
  14. to calm down
  15. lucky
  16. to die

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hōra, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra). Doublet of herë.

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