Cory

See also: cory and córy

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː.ɹi/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ.i/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ɔːɹi, (US) -ɔɹi

Proper noun

Cory

1. An English surname from Old Norse, a variant of Corey.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Corey.
   • 2005, Robert L. Fried, The Game of School, Jossey-bass, →ISBN, page 42:

     On another poster are the names of the new class — unusual names (at least to me) like Wen Qi, Elijah, Yoav, Noni, Koray, Cai Ying and Julissa, along with more common names like Cory, Betty, Tammy, Jordan, Jeffrey, and Andrew.

3. A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Cori, masculine equivalent Corey.
4. A diminutive of the female given names Cora or Corinne and similar sounding names.
   • 1991, Clark D. Neher, Southeast Asia in the New International Era, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 58:

     Corazon "Cory" Aquino, the widow of the martyred Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., emerged as the person around whom all the oppositionists could coalesce.

   • 1998, Robyn Amos, Into the Night, →ISBN, page 61:

     I went to high school with a girl named Corrine, though, and everyone called her Cory —

Derived terms

• Coryton

Anagrams

• Croy, croy, cryo, cryo-