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Cora   /kˈɔrə/   Listen
Cora

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina.  Synonyms: Despoina, Kore, Persephone.





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"Cora" Quotes from Famous Books



... efforts to have me cured, however, did not cease with my visit to the medicine man. We were still looking for something that would bring relief. My teacher, Miss Cora Critchlow, handed me an advertisement one day, telling me of a man who claimed to be able to cure stammering by mail. In the hope that I would get some good from the treatment, my parents sent this mail order man a large ...
— Stammering, Its Cause and Cure • Benjamin Nathaniel Bogue
... "Cora Waters. She married him down in San Diego, eighteen years ago. She went to South ...
— Miss Lulu Bett • Zona Gale


Words linked to "Cora" :   Greek deity, Greek mythology, Kore


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