kor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of kor
From the Hebrew word kōr
Example Sentences
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The wild goose cries kao kao in Chinese, kôr kor in Mandshu.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
On the other hand, it may have been kor, the mysterious epidemic which had lately desolated the Kolyma district, and of which we had heard even as far south as Yakutsk.
From From Paris to New York by Land by De Windt, Harry
Considering this abundance, it is not surprising that even the halt that could not go far, and the lazy the would not, gathered each a hundred kor.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 by Radin, Paul
Sjaa, kor ho hallar Kinni lint paa Handi, Aa, giv eg var ein Vott paa denne Handi at eg fekk strjuka Kinni den.—Ho talar.—
From An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway by Ruud, Martin Brown
The kor, or smallpox, had not visited this place, and we saw and heard no more of this dread disease eastward of this.
From From Paris to New York by Land by De Windt, Harry
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