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kor¹

Where it comes from

From Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).

noun kors

  1. alternative, historical Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume. Solomon responded by committing 20,000 kors of pure oil and 20,000 kors of wheat in annual payments. A kor of oil is an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid of about 58 gallons. A kor of wheat is equal to 6.25 bushels.

KOR²

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, historical, initialism Initialism of The Komitet Obrony Robotników (Workers' Defence Committee), a Polish workers' committee which preceded the Solidarity movement. Our young friends in the KOR invited us for a Christmas Eve feast in a cold but cheery apartment.

Kor³

Where it comes from

* As a Scottish surname, variant of Caw, shortened from McCaw.

* As a German surname, possibly altered from Kohr, from a short form of Konrad, or from Kur, occupational surname from Middle High German kur (“official inspector”) (see modern Kurier (“messenger, courier”)).

* As a Dutch surname, from Gronings dialect kor (“wheelbarrow, hand-truck”).

* As a Polish surname, possibly a variant of several places derived from góra (“mountain”).

* As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 高 (gāo) (see Gao) or 高 (gāo) (see Xu).

proper noun Kors

  1. A surname.

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@misc{kor_2026,
  title = {kor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}