Moran vs Morae - What's the difference?
moran | morae |
of (etyl) origin.
of Irish origin.
Any of a number of places in the USA named after persons with the surname.
(mora)
(Scottish law) A delay in bringing a claim.
(poetics) A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry.
* 1918 , Elcanon Isaacs, “The Metrical Basis of Hebrew Poetry”, in The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures , volume 35,
(phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).
(botany) Any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees.
* 1904 , W.H. Hudson, Green Mansions, A Romance of the Tropical Forest
(finger-counting game)
An ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed of hoplites.
As nouns the difference between moran and morae
is that moran is an unmarried Maasai or Samburu warrior while morae is irregular plural of mora.As a proper noun Moran
is {{surname|from=Old French}} of Old French origin.moran
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)References
*Etymology of Last Names, accessed on 2005-07-27
Anagrams
* * * *morae
English
Noun
(head)Anagrams
* * * ----mora
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)page 22:
- In the quantitative meters in Sanskrit a heavy syllable is considered to be equal to two morae' and a light syllable equivalent to one ' mora .
See also
* syllableDerived terms
* bimoraic * monomoraic * moraic * moraically * nonmoraicEtymology 2
New Latin from a botanical name, perhaps from Tupi.Noun
(en noun)- At length, somewhere about the centre of the wood, she led me to an immense mora tree, growing almost isolated, covering with its shade a large space of ground entirely free from undergrowth.