Corea may refer to: * Korea, the term for the peninsula and its culture composed currently of two sovereign states, for which Corea is a spelling in many languages, especially Romance languages, and a former spelling in English ** Korean Peninsula, the land area which Korea occupies ** North Korea, one of the two sovereign states occupying the Korean peninsula ** South Korea, one of the two sovereign states occupying the Korean peninsula * Coreae, a place near

Wadi al-Far'a (river) Wadi al-Far'a ( ar, وادي الفارعه) or Tirzah Stream ( he, נַחַל תִּרְצָה, Nahal Tirzah) is a stream in the northern West Bank that empties into the Jordan River south of Damia Bridge. It is the largest stream in the West Ba ...

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Gouldsboro, Maine Gouldsboro is a town and municipality in Hancock County, Maine, United States on the Schoodic Peninsula. The town was named for Robert Gould, a landholder in the town. The town has many historically separate fishing villages, summer colonies and ...

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* Corea or Cooray, one of surname in Sri Lanka ** Charles Alfred Ernest Corea, Sri Lankan lawyer ** Charles Edgar Corea, Sri Lankan politician, President of the Ceylon National Congress (1924) **

Claude Corea Sir George Claude Stanley Corea, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, KBE (29 January 1894 – 2 September 1962) was a Sri Lankan politician and diplomat. Former President of the United Nations Security Council, he had served as ...

, Sri Lankan politician/diplomat, High Commissioner to the UK and Ambassador to the United States ** Dominicus Corea, (Sinhalese name Edirille Rala), 16th Century ruler ** Ernest Corea, Sri Lankan journalist and Ambassador to the United States ** Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist, Secretary-General of UNCTAD **

Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea was a Ceylonese colonial-era headman. Early life Corea was born in Chilaw, on the west coast of Sri Lanka, on 2 December 1865. His father was Johannes Christoffel Corea who was a Mudaliyar of the Chilaw Dis ...

, Sri Lankan public official in Colonial Ceylon **

Harindra Corea Harindra Jayantha Corea (4 March 1936 - 21 October 2005) was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament, who represented Chilaw. He was member of the United National Party of Sri Lanka. His parents were Sir Claude Corea who was renowned p ...

, Sri Lankan politician, Deputy Foreign Minister ** Ishvari Corea (1925–2019), Sri Lankan librarian ** Ivan Corea, Sri Lankan clergyman of the Church of Ceylon **

J.C.A. Corea James Clifford Aelian Corea was a Sri Lankan educationist. He was the former Principal of Royal College Colombo. Early life Born in the coastal town of Chilaw in Ceylon in 1904, he was raised by his parents, Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Co ...

, first Sri Lankan principal of Royal College Colombo **

James Alfred Ernest Corea James Alfred Ernest Corea was a Sri Lankan public official. He was born in 1870. His father was Charles Edward Bandaranaike Corea who was a Proctor of the Supreme Court. His mother was Henrietta Seneviratne. J.A.E Corea's father died in 1872 w ...

, Sri Lankan physician **

Srikuradas Charles Shirley Corea Srikumaradas Charles Shirley Corea ( 7 March 1906 – 5 March 1974 ) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the 9th Speaker of the Parliament and a Member of Parliament, representing Chilaw. He was a member of the United National Party of Sri Lank ...

, Sri Lankan politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Ceylon **

Vernon Corea Vernon Corea (11 September 1927 – 23 September 2002) was a pioneer radio broadcaster with 45 years of public service broadcasting both in Sri Lanka and the UK. He joined Radio Ceylon, South Asia's oldest radio station, in 1956 and later the Sr ...

Sri Lankan/British radio broadcaster ** Victor Corea, Sri Lankan politician and freedom fighter **

Vijaya Corea Vijaya Corea is a radio and television broadcaster and one of Sri Lanka's most well known media personalities. Corea is a household name in Sri Lanka, synonymous with broadcasting and show business for over four decades, and has often been refer ...

, Sri Lankan radio and TV broadcaster *

Chick Corea Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", " 500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and ...

, American jazz pianist *

Nicholas J. Corea Nicholas "Nick" J. Corea (April 7, 1943 – January 17, 1999) was an American author, television writer, director, producer and painter. Though best known for his work on ''The Incredible Hulk'' and its sequel 1988 telefilm ''The Incredible Hulk R ...

, American author

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