Kor

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Kor or KOR may refer to:

  • Kör, the bed belonging to Hel, queen of the underworld in Norse mythology
  • Kor River, an river in the Fars, Iran
  • Kor, East Azerbaijan, a village in Iran
  • Kor-e Olya, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
  • Kor-e Sofla, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
  • Kor, Khuzestan, a village in Iran
  • Korean language, the official language of South Korea and North Korea
  • Homer (unit), an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs
  • King of the Ring, a tournament of World Wrestling Entertainment
  • Komitet Obrony Robotników (Workers' Defence Committee), a Polish civil society group
  • κ-opioid receptor, a human protein
  • South Korea, officially known as the Republic of Korea (ROK)

People

  • Avshalom Kor (born 1950), Israeli linguist
  • Eva Mozes Kor (born 1934), Romanian-born American Holocaust survivor
  • Layton Kor (1938–2013), American rock climber
  • Paul Kor (1926–2001), Israeli painter, graphic designer, children's author and illustrator
  • Rasoul Kor (born 1989), Iranian footballer

In fiction

  • Kôr, a place in J. R. R. Tolkien's mythology, called Tirion upon Túna in the published works
  • Kor (Star Trek), a Klingon character in the fictional Star Trek universe
  • Kor (Forgotten Realms), a fictional deity of the Al-Qadim campaign setting from Dungeons & Dragons
  • Kimagure Orange Road, an anime series
  • Kor, a fictitious African lost city, setting of H. Rider Haggard's novel She
  • Kor of the Metal Heads, a character in the video game Jak II; see List of Jak and Daxter characters
  • Kor, a fantasy race of humanoids found in the Magic: the Gathering card game

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