Definition of Korai

1. Noun. (plural of kore) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Korai

1. kore [n] - See also: kore

Lexicographical Neighbors of Korai

kopis
kopiyka
kopiykas
kopje
kopjes
koplik spot
kopophobia
koppa
koppas
koppie
koppies
kops
kor
kora
koragoite
korai (current term)
koranic
korarchaeota
koras
korat
korats
kordiamin
kore
korero
koreros
kores
korhaan
korhaans

Literary usage of Korai

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sculpture I, 1952-1967 by Mary C. Sturgeon (1987)
"Variation in dating results also from differing interpretations of the style of the korai, particularly the shape of the heads, hair, and facial features. ..."

2. Museum criticum or, Cambridge classical researches.: Or, Cambridge Classical by Henry James Monk, Charles James Blomfield (1826)
"Thus qualified to be the worthy successor of the venerable and learned korai, he will it is to be hoped, devote his abilities to the cultivation of a ..."

3. Corea, the Hermit Nation by William Elliot Griffis (1907)
"Weakness in China meant strength in korai. The Chinese had bought peace with their Eastern ... It will be seen that the korai men, people of the Fuyu race, ..."

4. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Early Chinese Pottery and Sculpture by Sigisbert Chrétien Bosch Reitz, Rose Sickler Williams (1916)
"Three spur-marks under the covered base. Corean: korai period. H. 3 in. ... Corean: korai period. H. зХ in. D. 6 in. 297 Saucer of white porous ..."

5. The Mastery of the Far East: The Story of Korea's Transformation and Japan's by Arthur Judson Brown (1919)
"Rather do we look to the people called korai, who originally came from a region north of the Sungari River, in what is now known as Manchuria. ..."

6. Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political by John Joseph Lalor (1883)
"From about the opening of the Christian era, three states began their career in and north of the peninsula, Shinra, korai and ..."

7. Catalogue of the Acropolis Museum by Guy Dickins, Stanley Casson (1912)
"We need therefore have no hesitation in associating the imported korai with the ... It is now necessary to shew that this series of korai is really foreign, ..."

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