Mora, Minnesota Mora, Minnesota Mora is a city in and the county seat of Kanabec County in East Central Minnesota. It is located at the junction of Minnesota State Highways 23 and 65. The population was 3,571 at the 2010 census. Mora was platted in 1882. The city was named after Mora, Sweden. A post office has been in operation at Mora since 1883. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Mora is located 72 miles north of Minneapolis and St. Paul at the intersection of Minnesota
Mora (linguistics) Mora (linguistics) A mora (plural "morae" or "moras"; often symbolized μ) is a unit in phonology that determines syllable weight, which in some languages determines stress or timing. The definition of a mora varies. In 1968, American linguist James D. McCawley defined it as "something of which a long syllable consists of two and a short syllable consists of one". The term comes from the Latin word for "linger, delay", which was also used to translate the Greek word "chronos" (time) in its metrical sense. Monomoraic syllables have one mora, bimoraic syllables have two, and trimoraic syllables have three, although