Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A traditional round dance of Romania and Israel.
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- noun A
circle dance popular in theBalkans andIsrael .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Consequently, Varro means by "qui Calendarum hora sexta natus est," a person born in the sixth hour of the day of the Calends; the sixth hour being that which immediately succeeded noon -- the _media hora_ of Ovid.
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(For those of you not in the know, kain-a-hora is Yiddish for way-to-go ... more or less.
Heidi Pickman: FL: Lieberman Stirs Up Bipartisan Interest In McCain 2008
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A lot of places here do seem to be programmed to the Latin hora de comida and therefore are not open in the evening.
Page 3 2009
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"Of that day and hour;" the word hora is not here to be taken strictly for the measure of time, commonly called a hour; this were to make our
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 08. 1630-1694 1820
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In the "Antiphonary of Bangor", an Irish document of the sixth century, Vespers are called hora duodecima, which corresponds to six o'clock in the evening, or hora incensi, or again ad cereum benedicendum.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Aug. 27th, Margarite Dee baptized hora 4½ a meridie.
The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts John Dee 1567
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Torah, our Sages have taught us, is from the Hebrew word hora'ah, lesson.
Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Korach 5769 - June 26, 2009 ] 2009
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Bílá hora, which is a tram terminus and so quite easy to get to.
Roman Miscellany 2008
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I don't think chanting "The Bruce is loose" while doing the "hora" is ever socially acceptable.
Joel Dovev: To The Unhappy Couple: A Toast Joel Dovev 2010
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[B-Real:] (grrrrrah!) [B-Real and Sen Dog:] (mexican yells) [B-Real:] 'hora' hora ... quien está? ...
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