Cora

Etymology

Apparently invented by James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans(1826). It could represent Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “maiden”).

Proper noun

Cora

1. A female given name.
   • 1826 James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans/Chapter 2:

     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;

   • 1990, Ed McBain, Vespers, Mandarin (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.

Anagrams

• AOCR, Arco, Caro, Roca, acro, acro-, arco, ocra, orca

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ra/, [ˈkɔ.ra]

Proper noun

Cora f (genitive Corae); first declension

1. an ancient city in Latium, situated between Norba and Velitrae, now Cori

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: co‧ra