# cor

Pronunciation: US say "KOR" /kɔɹ/; UK say "KAW" /kɔː/

## Interjection

1. Used to express surprise. *(colloquial, UK)*
   - Simple: Used to show surprise or amazement.
   - _Cor, I never thought they'd actually win the cup!_
   - _Cor, you should have seen the queue outside the shop this morning!_

## Noun

2. An abbreviation of "corner" used in street addresses to name the intersection where a place is located. *(Philippines)*
   - Simple: A short way to write "corner" in an address, to show which two streets meet near a place.
   - _The new branch opens Monday at Ayala Ave. cor. Paseo de Roxas._
   - _Her business card listed the clinic's address as Lake Rd. cor. Hill St., second floor._
3. An ancient Hebrew and Phoenician unit of capacity, equal to a homer (roughly 220 to 230 liters), used for grain, oil, wine, and other goods.
   - Simple: An old Hebrew measure of how much something holds, about 220 liters, used for grain, oil, or wine.
   - _The steward delivered a cor of olive oil to the household each season._
   - _Ancient records from the region list payments of barley and oil measured in cors, a unit roughly equal to a homer._

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — A minced oath or dialectal variant of "God."
**Meaning 3** — Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cor (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).