kor

kor · noun¹

1. Biblical Hebrew · borrowed fromכֹּר
2. English todaykor

From Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).

Kor · proper noun²

1. Middle High German · derived fromkur“official inspector”
2. English todayKor

* 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).

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