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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A female given name.

   ""But—Oh, Medora! nerve thy gentler heart, / "This hour again—but not for long—we part.""

2. 2
   A town in Indiana.
3. 3
   A village in Illinois.
4. 4
   A city, the county seat of Billings County, North Dakota; named for Medora von Hoffmann, wife of the Marquis de Morès, who founded the city.
5. 5
   A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.

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6. 6
   An unincorporated community in Kansas.

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""But—Oh, Medora! nerve thy gentler heart, / "This hour again—but not for long—we part.""

Etymology

The given name was first used by Lord Byron in The Corsair (1814).

Related phrases

billings countycounty seatnorth dakota

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