cora

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Latin - English
pupil of the eye
English - English
A female given name

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.

given name, female
The Arabian gazelle (Gazella Arabica), found from persia to North Africa
(Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
cora

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

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