Classified under: Nouns denoting people. Hypernyms (geologist is a kind of...): man of science; scientist (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences).
The name Honora is of Irish origin. The meaning of Honora is honorable. Honora is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 6 letters and 3 syllables and is pronounced Ho-no-ra.
A rarely-used distinction, maxima cum laude, with very great honor, is an intermediary honor between the magna and the summa honors. It is sometimes used when the summa honor is reserved only for students with a perfect academic record.