I pronounce them very differently.
Mara is MAHR-ah or MAIR-ah.
Maura is MOW-rah or MAWR-ah. So completely different.
I prefer the MAWR-ah over MOW-rah. I prefer the spelling
Mora over
Maura. But I think I prefer
Mara over
Maura or
Mora. I like the pronunciation of MAHR-ah over MAIR-ah.
I like
Mara and
Maura /
Mora.
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