loral

¹

[ lawr-uhl, lohr- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to lore, knowledge, learning, etc.

loral

²

[ lawr-uhl, lohr- ]

adjective

, Zoology.

1. of or relating to a lore.

Word History and Origins

Origin of loral¹

lore ¹ + -al ¹

Origin of loral²

First recorded in 1870–75; lore ² + -al ¹

Example Sentences

The Soyuz MS-24 carrying Russia’s Oleg Novitsky, NASA’s Loral O’Hara and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus touched down southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan at 12:17 p.m.

From Seattle Times

Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara confirmed they had cast their celestial ballots in posts on X, formerly known as Twitter.

From Seattle Times

Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara, spent six hours and 42 minutes outside the station removing a handling bar fixture and replacing a bearing.

From New York Times

The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft with American Loral O'Hara and Russians Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on board was due to dock to the ISS at 1856 GMT.

From Reuters

The report cited a 1997 classified analysis by the Pentagon’s Defense Technology Security Administration that said Loral and Hughes had transferred expertise to China that “significantly enhanced the guidance and control systems of its nuclear ballistic missiles” and that “United States national security has been harmed.”

From Washington Times