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, Gujarat * Korha, Katihar, also known as Kora, in Bihar * Kora, Kendrapara, Odisha * Kora, Wardha, Maharastra * Kora, Tumakuru, Karnataka * Toyaguda, Adilabad, Telangana, formerly called Kora

Elsewhere

* Kora, Burkina Faso, a town * Kora, Ethiopia, 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, 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, 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, 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, a radio station in Bryan, Texas * ''Kora'' (gastropod), genus of land snails * Kora (FinTech), a pan-African payment infrastructure.