Cork

See also: cork

English

Etymology

From Irish Corcaigh (“bog”), from Old Irish curchas (“clump of reeds”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ- (“to turn (around), wind”). Compare Welsh cors (“bog, reeds”)

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Cork

  1. Principal city of County Cork.
  2. County in the Republic of Ireland. (County Cork)

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