Maura
[mawr-uh] /ˈmɔr ə/
noun
1.
a female given name, Irish form of .
Read Also:
- Maureen
[maw-reen] /mɔˈrin/ noun 1. a female given name, Irish form of .
- Mauretania
[mawr-i-tey-nee-uh] /ˌmɔr ɪˈteɪ ni ə/ noun 1. an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria. /ˌmɒrɪˈteɪnɪə/ noun 1. an ancient region of N Africa, corresponding approximately to the N parts of modern Algeria and Morocco
- Mauretanian
[mawr-i-tey-nee-uh] /ˌmɔr ɪˈteɪ ni ə/ noun 1. an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria. /ˌmɒrɪˈteɪnɪən/ adjective 1. of or relating to Mauretania, an ancient region of N Africa, or its inhabitants noun 2. a native or inhabitant of Mauretania /ˌmɒrɪˈteɪnɪə/ noun 1. an ancient […]
- Mauri
/ˈmɑːuːriː/ noun 1. (NZ) the life force or essence of the emotions
- Mauriac
[maw-ryahk] /mɔˈryɑk/ noun 1. François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1885–1970, French novelist: Nobel prize 1952. /French mɔrjak/ noun 1. François (frɑ̃swa). 1885–1970, French novelist, noted esp for his psychological studies of the conflict between religious belief and human desire. His works include Le désert de l’amour (1925), Thérèse Desqueyroux (1927), and Le nœud de vipères […]