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ko·re  (kôr, kr, kôr, kr)
n. pl. kor·ai (kôr, kr)
A sculpture representing a standing young woman clothed in long robes, especially one produced in Greece before the fifth century b.c.
[Greek kor, young girl, kore; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun1.koreKore - (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
Cora, Despoina, Persephone
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks


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