Kora may refer to:

Places

India

Kora, Bardhaman Kora is a village in the Jamalpur, Bardhaman, Jamalpur tehsil, Bardhaman district, West Bengal state, India. It is located on the Kushinguj-Amarpur road, about 75 km northwest of Kolkata (Calcutta), 50 km south of Bardhaman, and 13&nb ...

, West Bengal *

Kora, Bharuch Kora is a village in the Jambusar tehsil, Bharuch district, Gujarat state, India. It is located just east of the mouth of the Mahi River, about 16 km northwest of Jambusar, 70 km southwest of Vadodara, and 65 km northwest of Bhar ...

, Gujarat *

Korha, Katihar Korha is a town and tehsil (sub-district) in the Katihar district, Bihar state, India. The name is sometimes spelled Kora. According to the 2011 census, the Korha sub-district (census code 01143) 54527 households and 282813 inhabitants (inclu ...

, also known as Kora, in Bihar *

Kora, Kendrapara Kora is a village in the Kendrapara tehsil, Kendrapara district, Odisha state, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country ...

, Odisha *

Kora, Wardha Kora is a village in the Sumudrapur tehsil, Wardha district, Maharastra state, India. The village is located about 350 km from Bhopal, 65 km from Wardha, and 38 km from Hinganghat, near the south corner of the Lal Nalla Reserv ...

, Maharastra *

Kora, Tumakuru Kora is a village in the Tumakuru (Tumkur) tehsil, Tumakuru district, Karnataka state, India. It is located about 84 km northwest of Bangalore, 11 km north of Tumakuru Tumkur, officially Tumakuru, is a city and headquarters of Tuma ...

, Karnataka *

Toyaguda, Adilabad Toyaguda, formerly called Kora, is a small village in Bela tehsil, Adilabad district, Telangana state, India. It is located about 330 km north of Hyderabad, 24 km east of Adilabad Adilabad, also known as Edlawada and Eddulapuram, i ...

, Telangana, formerly called Kora

Elsewhere

Kora, Burkina Faso Kora, Burkina Faso is a town in the Kongoussi Department of Bam Province in northern Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and ...

, a town *

Kora, Ethiopia Kora is a town in central Ethiopia. It is one of a number of populated places in the country with this name. Transport The town is served by a station on the Ethio-Djibouti Railways. See also *Railway stations in Ethiopia Current railway stat ...

, a town * Kureh, Markazi, a village in Markazi Province, Iran, also known as Kora *

Kōra, Shiga is a town located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 6,721 in 2619 households and a population density of 490 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Kōra is the second smallest municipal ...

, a town in Shiga Prefecture, Japan * Kora National Park, Coast Province, Kenya *

Kora, Mali Kora is a village and seat of the Sougoulbé, commune of Sougoulbé in the Ténenkou Cercle, Cercle of Ténenkou in the Mopti Region of southern-central Mali.. The village lies 10 km north-northeast of Ténenkou. References

Populated ...

, a village * Kora, Jhelum, a village in Pakistan

Music

Kora (instrument) The kora (Manding languages: ''kɔra'') is a stringed instrument used extensively in West Africa. A kora typically has 21 strings, which are played by plucking with the fingers. It has features of the lute and harp. Description The kora is bui ...

, a stringed musical instrument of West African origin *

Kora Awards The KORA All Africa Music Awards are music awards given annually for musical achievement in sub-Saharan Africa. The awards were founded in 1994 by Benin born businessman, Ernest Adjovi, after a discussion in Namibia with the country's President H ...

, music awards for African music *

Kora (band) Kora is a New Zealand music group, which originally consisted of four brothers from the Kora family. The band, which began in Whakatāne, New Zealand fuses elements of reggae, rock, dub, roots, funk Funk is a music genre that origina ...

, a New Zealand reggae band ** ''Kora'' (album), released in 2007

Buildings

* Kōra taisha, a Shinto shrine in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan *

Kora Temple The Kora Temple is a historic Masonic building at 11 Sabattus Street in Lewiston, Maine. The temple was built in 1908 by the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. The Shriners are a fraternal organization affiliated with Freemasonry ...

, a Masonic building in Lewiston, Maine

Languages

* Kora or Aka-Kora language, formerly spoken in the Andaman Islands, India * !Kora or

Korana language ǃOrakobab or ''Khoemana'', also known as Korana, ǃOra, or Griqua, is a moribund Khoe language of South Africa. Names "Khoemana" (from ''khoe'' 'person' + ''mana'' 'language') is more commonly known as either Korana (also ǃOrakobab, ǃOra, ...

, spoken in South Africa * Kora or

Koda language Koda, also known as Kora, Kaora, Korali, Korati, Kore, Mudi, or Mudikora, is an endangered Munda language of India and Bangladesh spoken by the Kora. The Kora mainly live in West Bengal, in the districts of Paschim Medinipur and Bankura, with ...

, spoken in India and Bangladesh

People

Kora people Kora may refer to: Places India * Kora, Bardhaman, West Bengal * Kora, Bharuch, Gujarat * Korha, Katihar, also known as Kora, in Bihar * Kora, Kendrapara, Odisha * Kora, Wardha, Maharastra * Kora, Tumakuru, Karnataka * Toyaguda, Adilabad, Telanga ...

, also Cora or Aka-Kora, an indigenous tribe of the Andaman Islands *

Kora (tribe) The Kora (also known as Kuda, Kura, Kaora, Dhangar and Dhanger), are an ethnic group found in the Indian states of West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, and the Bangladeshi division of Rajshahi. The 2011 census showed their population to be around 260,0 ...

, an indigenous tribe of India and Bangladesh *

Kora of Sicyon Butades of Sicyon ( ''Boutades''), sometimes mistakenly called Dibutades, was the reputed inventor of the art of modelling clay in relief. An accident first led him to practise, in conjunction with his daughter, at Corinth. The period at which he ...

(), first female artist for whom there is evidence *

Kora Boufflert Kora Boufflert (born Sommerfeld on 23 April 1966 at the Havre) is a former French athlete, who specialized in race walking. Biography Very early on attracted by the ultra-distance walk racing (145 km at the 24 hour walk of Rouen in 198 ...

(born 1966), French racewalker *

Kora Karvouni Kora Karvouni () (born 22 April 1980 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek stage and television actress. She graduated from thGreek National Theatre Drama Schoolwith a distinction in 2002. She has performed in various theatre productions in Greece, U.S ...

(born 1980), Greek stage and television actress *

Bil Aka Kora Bilgho Akaramata Kora, also known as Bil Aka Kora (born April 25, 1971, Pô, Burkina Faso) is a musician.Romba, C. (2006, January 30). Bil Aka Kora, artiste musician. Le Faso.net (2006). Retrieved May 18, 2007 from He was one of the 17 children o ...

(born 1971), musician from Burkina Faso *

Kengo Kora is a Japanese actor. Career Kora has gained recognition for his roles in films such as Shinji Aoyama's '' Sad Vacation'', Yukio Ninagawa's '' Snakes and Earrings'', Tran Anh Hung's '' Norwegian Wood'', Ryuichi Hiroki's ''The Egoists'', Yosh ...

(born 1987), Japanese actor *

Olga Jackowska Olga Aleksandra Sipowicz (née Ostrowska; 8 June 1951 – 28 July 2018), also known by the mononym of Kora, was a Polish rock vocalist and songwriter. She was the lead singer of the rock band Maanam from 1976 to 2008. Jackowska also provided ...

(1951–2018), a Polish rock singer and songwriter known as Kora

Other uses

Kora class corvette ''Kora''-class corvettes, also known as Project 25A, are guided missile corvettes, in active service with the Indian Navy and the National Coast Guard of Mauritius.

, a type of ship used by the Indian Navy ** INS ''Kora'' (P61), lead ship of the class *

Kora (pilgrimage) __NOTOC__ Kora (, THL Simplified Phonetic Transcription: kor ra) is a transliteration of a Tibetan word that means "circumambulation" or "revolution". Kora is both a type of pilgrimage and a type of meditative practice in the Tibetan Buddhism, ...

, a type of pilgrimage in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition * '' Made in Japan: Kora!'', a 2011 Japanese film directed by Banmei Takahashi *

KORA-FM KORA-FM (98.3 MHz) is a long-running radio station in Bryan, Texas Bryan is a city in and the county seat of Brazos County, Texas, United States. It is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley (East and Central Texas). As of the 2020 ce ...

, a radio station in Bryan, Texas * ''Kora'' (gastropod), genus of land snails *

Kora (FinTech) Kora is a pan-African payment infrastructure company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, with offices in Canada and the United Kingdom. The fintech company enables local and global businesses to accept pay-ins, make payouts, and get settled across po ...

, a pan-African payment infrastructure.