kamora

English

Etymology

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Noun

kamora (plural kamoras)

1. The diacritic  ̑ in the Old Cyrillic alphabet to indicate a plural, used on vowels, stressed or not stressed, in particular on о; not to be confused with the palatalization mark  ҄ used on certain consonants.

Translations

diacritic used to represent palatalisation

• Russian: камо́ра (ru) f (kamóra)

Anagrams

• Omkaar

Polish

Alternative forms

• kamorra, camorra

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian camorra, from a Neapolitan word supposedly from Spanish camorra (“dispute, quarrel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmɔ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: ka‧mo‧ra

Noun

kamora f sg

1. Camorra (crime organization from Naples)

Declension

Declension of kamora

	singular	plural
nominative	kamora	kamory
genitive	kamory	kamor
dative	kamorze	kamorom
accusative	kamorę	kamory
instrumental	kamorą	kamorami
locative	kamorze	kamorach
vocative	kamoro	kamory

Derived terms

• kamorysta

Further reading

• kamora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kamora in Polish dictionaries at PWN