Definitions

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  • proper noun A female given name occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.

Etymologies

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Short form of Old Norse, female given names beginning with Þórr ("Thor").

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Examples

  • There is some personal drama played out as well in Thora's self-doubt about her parenting abilities.

    REVIEW: The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction edited by George Mann 2007

  • A recalcitrant Thora is still causing problems, and sets off an alert that allows aliens to discover where they are, and leads them to Earth.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Galactic Alarm - Kurt Mahr Blue Tyson 2006

  • He called Thora and asked her to prepare all necessary materials for the construction of a second transmitter.

    The Ghosts of Gol Mahr, Kurt 1976

  • It was a ship from a land called Thora; and on board it was a man from Havatoo, who was a prisoner of the Thorists.

    Escape on Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1963

  • He liked "Thora"; it was a song of the north, and Glen had often sung it to him.

    Glen of the High North 1910

  • She was deep in conversation for much of the dinner with teenage actress Thora Birch, then the saucer-eyed sensation of movies like American Beauty.

    Phil Bronstein: Elizabeth Taylor's Passion Phil Bronstein 2011

  • She was deep in conversation for much of the dinner with teenage actress Thora Birch, then the saucer-eyed sensation of movies like American Beauty.

    Phil Bronstein: Elizabeth Taylor's Passion Phil Bronstein 2011

  • She was deep in conversation for much of the dinner with teenage actress Thora Birch, then the saucer-eyed sensation of movies like American Beauty.

    Phil Bronstein: Elizabeth Taylor's Passion Phil Bronstein 2011

  • My Soul to Take is theeagerly awaited second title fromYrsa Sigurdadottir (Hodder), again featuring lawyer Thora Gudmundsdottir, this time investigating a murder at a health resort.

    Reading Maxine 2009

  • She was deep in conversation for much of the dinner with teenage actress Thora Birch, then the saucer-eyed sensation of movies like American Beauty.

    Phil Bronstein: Elizabeth Taylor's Passion Phil Bronstein 2011

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