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Cora

UK/ˈkɔːɹə/US/ˈkoɹə/

Cora proper noun: a female given name from Ancient Greek.

Proper noun (1)

Cora

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • The youth had turned to speak to the dark-eyed Cora, when the distant sound of horses' hoofs, clattering over the roots of the broken way in his rear, caused him to check his charger; […].1826, [James Fenimore Cooper], chapter 2, in The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757. […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea— […], →OCLC, page 19
    • "Where are you from originally, Coral?" "Indiana." "Lots of Corals out there, I bet." She hesitated, seemed about to flare, and then smiled instead, showing a little gap between two front teeth. "Well, it was Cora Lucille, I guess, " she said, still smiling, looking very much like a Cora Lucille in...1990, Ed McBain, Vespers, Mandarin, published 1991, →ISBN, page 78

Proper noun (2)

Cora

  1. An indigenous people of west-central Mexico.
  2. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Cora people.

Noun

Cora (plural Coras)

  1. A member of the Cora people.

Forms of Cora

pluralCoras

Origin of Cora

Apparently brought up in English literature by James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans (1826), but compare a female heroine of this name in Jean-François Marmontel's Les Incas (1777) and the Ancient Greek epithet Κόρη (Kórē) for Περσεφόνη (Persephónē). It could also refer directly to κόρη (kórē, “maiden”).

Words that rhyme with Cora

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Questions about Cora

What does Cora mean?
Cora means a female given name from Ancient Greek.
What part of speech is Cora?
Cora can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Cora?
Cora is pronounced /ˈkɔːɹə/ (UK).

Words near Cora in the dictionary

  1. cor pulmonale
  2. cor pulmonare
  3. cor triatriatum
  4. cor-
  5. cor.
  6. Cora
  7. Cora Lynn
  8. coracan
  9. coracan millet
  10. coracidium
  11. coraciform

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