Cooray

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proper noun

A surname from Sinhalese.

OriginSinhalese කුරේ →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname from Sinhalese.

    It wasn’t — at least, not if Ms. Cooray was in Melbourne in 2009, when the city hit its current record of 46.2 degrees Celsius.

    2019 January 26, James Tarabay, “Across Australia, Yet Another Scorching Summer”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2019

Origin

  1. Sinhaleseකුරේ
  2. EnglishCooray

Borrowed from Sinhalese කුරේ (kurē).

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Cite this entry
APA

Cooray. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cooray

MLA

“Cooray.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cooray. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cooray,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cooray.

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