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Cora¹

  • /ˈkɔːɹə/ UK
  • /ˈkoɹə/ US

Sounds like Kora, kora · Rhymes with -ɔːɹə

Where it comes from

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

  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; […].

Cora²

  • /ˈkɔːɹə/ UK
  • /ˈkoɹə/ US

Sounds like Kora, kora · Rhymes with -ɔːɹə

proper noun

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

noun Coras

  1. A member of the Cora people.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: persephone, kore, despoina, caro, huichol, dear, frank, nick, stolen, acor, locatelli, nucleus, kernel, crux, essence, center

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"Cora." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cora. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Cora. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cora

Chicago

"Cora." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cora.

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@misc{cora_2026,
  title = {Cora},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cora},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}