Kor

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kor"

English

Etymology

• As a Scottish surname, variant of Caw, shortened from McCaw.
• As a German surname, possibly altered from Kohr, from a short form of Konrad, or from Kur, occupational surname from Middle High German kur (“official inspector”) (see modern Kurier (“messenger, courier”)).
• As a Dutch surname, from Gronings dialect kor (“wheelbarrow, hand-truck”).
• As a Polish surname, possibly a variant of several places derived from góra (“mountain”).
• As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 高 (gāo) (see Gao) or 高 (gāo) (see Xu).

Proper noun

Kor (plural Kors)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kor is the 39486^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 557 individuals. Kor is most common among White (65.71%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (23.88%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kor”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 338.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew כור.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koːɐ̯]
• Hyphenation: Kor

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Noun

Kor n (strong, genitive Kors, plural Kor)

1. cor (unit of measure)

Further reading

• “Kor” in Duden online
• “Kor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Turkish

Proper noun

Kor

1. a male given name