Kore

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English

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, girl, maiden).

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Kore

  1. (Greek mythology) The birth name of Persephone/Proserpina, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and of vegetation. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades.
  2. (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.
  3. (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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Etymology 2

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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Kore pl (plural only)

  1. A people living on Lamu Island on the northern Kenyan coast.

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوری (Kore), from French Corée. See English entry for Korea for further etymology.

Proper noun

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Kore f (definite Koreja)

  1. Korea (peninsular country in East Asia)
    Republika e Koresë (Koreja e Jugut)the Republic of Korea (South Korea)
    Republika Popullore Demokratike e Koresë (Koreja e Veriut)the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, girl, maiden).

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Noun

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Kore f (genitive Kore, plural Koren)

  1. kore

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French Corée, from Chinese.

Proper noun

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Kore

  1. Korea (a nation and peninsula in East Asia)

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوری (Kore), from French Corée. See English entry for Korea for further etymology.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kó.ɾe/, [kó̞.ɾe̞]
  • Hyphenation: Ko‧re

Proper noun

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Kore

  1. Korea (penisular country in East Asia)
    1. (attributively with third-person possession) of Korea, Korean
      Kore Cumhuriyeti (Güney Kore)the Republic of Korea (ROK, South Korea)
      Kore Demokratik Halk Cumhuriyeti (KDHC, Kuzey Kore)the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK, North Korea)

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Derived terms

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  • Korece (Korean [language])
  • Koreli (a Korean [person])