Adora

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Contents 1 Name and its origin 2 People and characters with the name Adora 3 Literature 4 Geography 5 Music 6 Information Technology 7 Science 8 Other 9 References

[edit] Name and its origin

Adora is a girl's name. There are many languages that use this name:

• English: Short for adorable
• French: Means the beloved
• Igbo : Derived from Adaora which means "first daughter of the people"
• Spanish: short for Adoracion
• Latin: Means the "adored one" or "much adored"

[edit] People and characters with the name Adora

• Princess Adora is the name of the popular 80s cartoon character also known as She-Ra.
• Adora is one of the characters in Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.
• Adora is a character mentioned in Tin Man (TV miniseries).
• Adora is a character in the Magna Carta Video Game.

[edit] Literature

• Adora Svitak is an American child author
• Adora is the title of a historical romance novel, based upon the life of Theodora Maria Cantakouzene (b.1332), Princess of Byzantium, by Bertrice Small

[edit] Geography

• Adora (Apocrypha) is a town mentioned in the Apocrypha. According to the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: "a'-dor, a-do'-ra (Adora): In Idumaea, mentioned in Ant, XIII, ix, 1 as one of the cities captured by Hyrcanus, and referred to in 1 Maccabees 13:20. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia: Hyrcanus "hired foreign troops, dismantled Adora and Marissa, the strong places of Edom, and forced the Edomites to accept the Jewish religion and submit to circumcision. This is the first instance of forcible conversion in Jewish history." (A) It is thought to be present Dura, a village about five miles to the west of Hebron. Bible History online has a map of Israel during the first century AD that lists the city Adora [1]
• Adora, Har Hebron is an Israeli settlement on the West Bank.

[edit] Music

• The French rock band Indochine have a song entitled "Adora" on their album Alice & June.
• Adora is a Finnish female rock duo.^[1]
• Adora is an American metalcore band.^[2]

[edit] Information Technology

• ADORA is an approach to object-oriented modeling of software (ADORA stands for Analysis and Description of Requirements and Architecture).

[edit] Science

• ADORA (Atmospheric Dispersion of Reactive Agents) is an Environmental and Safety offsite Consequence Analysis tool available for use by organizations involved with environmental impact assessments for intentional or accidental discharge of hazardous chemicals that react with air, moisture or each other.
• Adora is a potato bred by A.D. Mulder from (Primura x Alcmaria) in Enkhuizen (Netherlands).

[edit] Other

• Adora chocolates is a company based in Sydney Australia.
• Adora is a brand of GE appliances that is exclusive to The Home Depot.
• Adora Inc is a company that creates the Adora Dolls, a line of collectable dolls
• Adora Belle is a line of collectable dolls created by doll artist and musician Marie Osmond
• Adora Diamond Jewellery is a Mumbai-based Concept Jewellery company in India
• Adora calcium supplements are chocolate calcium supplement created by Thompson Brand based in CT, USA

[edit] References

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