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Definition: Cora |
CoraNoun1. (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Cora" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a maiden". |
Date "Cora" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1939. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | An East Indian, lightweight washable silk dress goods of natural, creamy white color. . . . Also spelled cora. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cora, Wyoming."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
cora | English | Conditioned orientation reflex audiometry | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CoraSynonyms: Despoina (n), Kore (n), Persephone (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cora |
| Specialty definitions using "Cora": cora silk, corah, corah silk. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Cora, this is a marriage! (The Dark at the Top of the Stairs; writing credit: Harriet Frank Jr.; William Inge) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cora (1915) Rotte Cora (1998) Cerro Cora (1978) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Group portrait of Mary Cora Johnson (l), William Seton Davis (r), and an unidentified woman (c). Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Assassination of James King of William Surrender of Jas. P. Casey and Charles Cora to the vigilance committee, on Sunday, May 18th, 1856 / / Huestis. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Minnetonka, Cora, Lark, [and] Lobster. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base; Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis is a senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department, Corpus Christi, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Portrait of Muriel Rahn, as Cora in "The Barrier". Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Pretty girl on tire cover, painted in color and named Cora. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Mauritius | Two more from French (Cora) and South African (Shoprite) hypermarket chains are scheduled to start construction in late 2001. (references) |
Vietnam | One major project is a $30 million joint venture between CORA and Thang Long General Import-Export and Travel Company to develop a hypermart on 11 hectares of land only 10 km from the center of Hanoi. (references) | |
Cote D'ivoire | Telecommunications company Cora of Comstar (owned by U.S. Western Wireless and the Modern Africa Growth Fund - with OPIC equity investment) re-capitalized in September 2000. Its relaunch has expanded dramatically its market share. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cora" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "Cora" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 87.5% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (common) | 12.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Cora" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cora | First name Female | 58,000 | 308 |
| Cora | Last name | 1,000 | 13,828 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Cora" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a maiden". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Cora." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Cora | Female | English | Korë |
| Coretta | Female | English | Cora |
| Kora | Female | English | Korë |
| Korë | Female | Greek Mythology | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
1. Cora, WY |
Expressions using "Cora": cora humming bird ♦ cora silk ♦ Thaumastura cora. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Cora": Cora-beth. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cora | 312 | cora déjeuner | 6 |
cora schumacher | 82 | cora services | 6 |
cora cum play | 41 | cora calcium | 5 |
cora linn | 33 | cat cora | 5 |
chez cora | 31 | cora miao | 5 |
cora cum | 29 | cora ralf schumacher | 5 |
brinkmann cora | 28 | cora rehabilitation | 5 |
cora coralina | 23 | villa cora | 5 |
cora cumplay | 18 | cora bell | 4 |
joey cora | 16 | cora rehab | 4 |
cora restaurant | 13 | brinkman cora | 4 |
cora unashamed | 12 | cora institut | 4 |
cora wy | 10 | cora wyoming | 4 |
bett cora thomas | 9 | cora picture schumacher | 4 |
cora taylor | 8 | cora nude schumacher | 4 |
alex cora | 7 | bett cora | 4 |
grand hotel villa cora | 7 | bike cora rack | 4 |
cora dejeuner | 7 | cora indian | 4 |
cora emens | 7 | by cora photo schumacher | 4 |
bett cora realty thomas | 6 | cora wv | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Cora"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | corah (cora silk, corah, corah silk). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | oracay Кора (Cork). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Cora": coracle, coracles, coracoid, coracoids, coral, coralbells, coralberries, coralberry, coralline, corallines, coralloid, corals, coranto, corantoes, corantos. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Cora": decorate, decorated, decorates, decorating, decoration, decorations, decorative, decoratively, decorativeness, decorativenesses, decorator, decorators, edulcorate, edulcorated, edulcorates, edulcorating, overdecorate, overdecorated, overdecorates, overdecorating, overdecoration, overdecorations, redecorate, redecorated, redecorates, redecorating, redecoration, redecorations, redecorator, redecorators, stercoraceous, undecorated. (additional references) | |
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"Cora" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Carha, Carra, Ceara, Cerva, Ciara, cira, Cloran, Coar, Coba, Coor, coora, Coore, Corah, Coras, Corat, corax, Coraxi, Corbar, Corca, Coria, Corma, Corna, Corpak, Corra, Corri, Corro, corta, Cota, Croa, Croag, Croi, Csorna, Culra, Kotra, Mcmorran, Mcvorran, Ncore, Ocora. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Cora" (pronounced 'Co"ra'): Abracadabra, Acciaccatura, Amphineura, Angora, Anisopleura, Anoplura, Anura, Appoggiatura, Arara, Arthropleura, Asura, Aura, Aurora, Brachyura, Branchiura, Bravura, Caelatura, Caesura, Camorra, Capibara, Capybara, Caracara, Cesura, Chara, Chelura, Chikara, Chimaera, Chimera, Cinura, Crantara, Damara, Datura, Dura, Durra, ERA, Ferrara, Flora, Gastrura, Gemara, hegira, Laura, Legatura, lira, Lyra, Macrura, Madeira, Madrepora, Masora, Millepora, Mira. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: arco, orca. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-o-r" | |
-1 letter: arc, car, cor, oar, oca, ora, orc, roc. | |
-2 letters: ar, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-o-r" | |
+1 letter: acorn, actor, carbo, cargo, carob, carol, carom, claro, cobra, copra, coral, coria, croak, macro, narco, ocrea, orach, orcas, racon, roach, taroc. | |
+2 letters: accord, acorns, across, actors, anchor, aortic, archon, boxcar, broach, calory, candor, cantor, captor, carbon, carbos, carboy, cargos, carhop, carobs, caroch, caroli, carols, caroms, carrom, carrot, carton, cartop, castor, cavort, chador, charro, choral, chorea, chroma, clamor, claros, coaler, coarse, coater, coaxer, cobras, collar, contra, coppra, coprah, copras, corals, corban, cornea, cornua, corona, corral, corsac, coryza, costar, cottar, cougar, coward, crambo, craton, crayon, croaks, croaky, factor, garcon, lorica, macron, macros, narcos, ochrea, ocreae, ocular, orache, oracle, orgiac, oxcart, picaro, racons, racoon, rancho, rancor, recoal, scoria, scrota, soucar, sowcar, tarocs, trocar, turaco. | |
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