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hora.

A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.

Where this word comes from

From Hebrew הוֹרָה (hóra), Yiddish האָרע (hore), and Romanian horă, from Turkish hora, probably from Greek χορός (chorós, “dance”). Doublet of choir, chorus, and quire.

noun
  1. A branch of traditional Indian astrology, dealing with the finer points of predictive methods.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit होरा (horā, “hour”). Doublet of hour and year.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.