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Maura

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic, of English, Scottish and Irish usage, variant of Mary.

    "Fentanyl represents the latest wave of a rolling drug epidemic that has been fueled by prescription painkillers, as addicts continue to seek higher highs and cheaper fixes. “It started out as an opioid epidemic, then heroin, but now it’s a fentanyl epidemic,” Maura Healey, the attorney general of Massachusetts, said in an interview."

  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A female given name from Italian, masculine equivalent Mauro.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Either Irish Máire and Scottish Gaelic Màiri, or from Italian Maura. When borrowed from Irish, a doublet of Moira.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Catalan, French, and Italian Maura.

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