cora
/ˈkoɹə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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An indigenous people of west-central Mexico.
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The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Cora people.
Example Sentences
- "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; […]."
- ""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
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkoɹə/
- British English: /ˈkɔːɹə/