Cory
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɔː.ɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹ.i/
- Rhymes: (UK) -ɔːɹi, (US) -ɔɹi
Proper noun
[edit]Cory
- An English surname from Old Norse, a variant of Corey.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Corey.
- 2005, Robert L. Fried, The Game of School, Jossey-bass, →ISBN, page 42:
- On another poster are the names of the new class — unusual names (at least to me) like Wen Qi, Elijah, Yoav, Noni, Koray, Cai Ying and Julissa, along with more common names like Cory, Betty, Tammy, Jordan, Jeffrey, and Andrew.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Cori, masculine equivalent Corey.
- A diminutive of the female given names Cora or Corinne and similar sounding names.
- 1991, Clark D. Neher, Southeast Asia in the New International Era, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 58:
- Corazon "Cory" Aquino, the widow of the martyred Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., emerged as the person around whom all the oppositionists could coalesce.
- 1998, Robyn Amos, Into the Night, →ISBN, page 61:
- I went to high school with a girl named Corrine, though, and everyone called her Cory —
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