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A•io•ra
(ə yôr′ə, ə yōr′ə),USA pronunciation n. (sometimes used with a pl. v.)
- Antiquitya festival of ancient Attica at which dolls were swung from trees to commemorate Erigone's suicide by hanging.
- Greek Aió̄ra literally, swing (noun, nominal), akin to aeírein to lift, aeíresthai to hang, be suspended