Definition of kore Kore

ko•re

We found 5 definitions of kore from 4 different sources.

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What does kore mean?

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Noun

kore - (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
  Persephone, Despoina, Kore, Cora
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  • kore (Noun)
    An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.

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  • kore
    A Munda language spoken primarily in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh.
  • kore
    ISO 639-6 entity

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  • moon
    Kore or is a moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003 and given the designation.

    Kore is about 2 kilometers in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,239,000 km in 723.720 days, at an inclination of 141° to the ecliptic (139° to Jupiter's equator), with an eccentricity of 0.2462.

    It belongs to the Pasiphaë group, which is made up of non-spherical retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging between 22,800,000 and 24,100,000 km, and with inclinations ranging between 144.5° and 158.3°.

    It was named after Kore, another name for the Greek goddess Persephone (from the Greek κόρη, "daughter [of Demeter]").

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