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English
Etymology 1
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”).
Proper noun
Cora
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
1990, Ed McBain, Vespers, Mandarin, published 1991, →ISBN, page 78:"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 that moment. Hawes imagined pigtails tied with polka-dot rags.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Cora
- An indigenous people of west-central Mexico.
- The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Cora people.
Noun
Cora (plural Coras)
- A member of the Cora people.
Translations
member of the Cora people
Anagrams
- ocra, acro-, arco, acro, Caro, AOCR, orca, CRAO, Roca, RAOC, Arco
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cora f sg (genitive Corae); first declension
- an ancient city in Latium, situated between Norba and Velitrae, now Cori
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Cŏra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Cora”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Cora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Tagalog
Etymology
Clipping of Corazon.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cora (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ)
- a diminutive of the female given name Corazon