Corina
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Corina is female given name of Greek origin (Κοριννα), which was derived from κορη (kore) "maiden". Variants include Korinna, Corinna, Kora, Corri, Corinne
, and Coreen.
Corina may refer to:
Corinne
Corinne, pronounced "ko-rin", " car-inn", "ker - in", "core - in", "core-rin", "caw-reen" or "co-reen", is a female name, and the French or English variant of Corina, meaning "beautiful maiden." ....
, and Coreen.
Corina may refer to:
First name
- CorinnaCorinnaCorinna or Korinna was an Ancient Greek poet, traditionally attributed to the 6th century BC. According to ancient sources such as Plutarch and Pausanias, she came from Tanagra in Boeotia, where she was a teacher and rival to the better-known Theban poet Pindar...
, Ancient Greek poet - Corinna, Ovid's (probably fictitious) lover in the Amores
- Corinna, pen name of English poet Elizabeth ThomasElizabeth Thomas (poet)Elizabeth Thomas , poet, was born in London, the only child of Elizabeth Osborne , aged 16, and lawyer Emmanuel Thomas , aged 60. Her father died when she was an infant and she and her mother faced financial hardship. She was educated at home, was well read, and learnt some French and Latin...
(1675–1731) - Corina (singer)Corina (singer)Corina Katt Ayala, best known only as Corina, is a dance pop singer from Manhattan, New York. She released a self-titled album on Atco Records in 1991, and charted string of dance hits in the US between 1989 and 1997. The highest charting of these was the summer 1991 top ten hit "Temptation", which...
or Corina Katt Ayala, American singer - Corina BelceaCorina BelceaCorina Belcea-Fisher is a Romanian violinist, who studied and works in Britain.-Biography:She started violin lessons at the age of six. Her teachers in Romania...
(born 1975), Romanian violinist - Corinne BohrerCorinne BohrerCorinne Vilhelma Bohrer is an American movie and television actress.-Early life:She grew up in Arlington, Texas, a suburb of the Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex area, where she attended Lamar High School. She was active in drama, band, and student government...
(born 1958), American actress - Corinne CalvetCorinne CalvetCorinne Calvet was a French actress who appeared mostly in American films.Born Corinne Dibos in Paris, Calvet studied criminal law at the Sorbonne and made her debut in French radio, stage plays and cinema in the 1940s before being brought to Hollywood in the 1940s by producer Hal B. Wallis...
(1925–2001), French actress - Corina CasanovaCorina CasanovaCorina Casanova is the Federal Chancellor of Switzerland.Born 1956 in Ilanz, Graubünden, Casanova worked as a lawyer in the practice of the former President of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, Giusep Nay, as well as a Red Cross delegate in South Africa, Angola, Nicaragua and El Salvador...
(born 1956), Swiss politician - Corina (Romanian singer)Corina (Romanian singer)Corina Monica Ciorbă , best known only as Corina, is a pop, dance, R&B singer from Satu Mare, Romania. She debuted in 2004 with the album Noi Doi, produced by Marius Moga. The main single from the album entitled Noi Doi reached fourth place in the Romanian Top 100...
or Corina Monica Ciorbă (born 1980), Romanian singer - Corine ChristensenCorine ChristensenCorine Christensen was a prostitute and neuro-linguistic programming student, who was murdered in California on November 3, 1986. With her boyfriend, James Marino, she also supplied drugs to Richard Bandler, the co-developer of NLP...
(1955–1986), American murder victim - Corina CreţuCorina CretuCorina Creţu is a Romanian politician and journalist, former Spokersperson for the President of Romania during Ion Iliescu's time in office...
(born 1967), Romanian politician - Corine DorlandCorine DorlandCorine Stam-Dorland was a Dutch amateur "Old School" Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from 1981-1996. From 1996 to 2006 she was also an accomplished Mountain Bike Cyclo-cross and Road Bike racer...
(born 1973), Dutch cyclist - Corinne DreweryCorinne DreweryCorinne Drewery is the lead singer of the pop music band, Swing Out Sister.-Early life:Drewery grew up in Nottingham and the Lincolnshire village of Authorpe and went to South Reston Primary School, then Monks' Dyke High School and King Edward VI Grammar School in nearby Louth, then Lincoln College...
(born 1959), British singer - Corina DumbrăveanCorina DumbraveanCorina Dumbrăvean is a Romanian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She finished second at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and sixth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow...
(born 1984), Romanian runner - Corri EnglishCorri EnglishCorri English is an American actress and singer.English was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She worked with actress Danielle Panabaker twice in 2004—once in Stuck in the Suburbs and later in Searching for David's Heart...
(born 1978), American actress - Korinna FinkKorinna FinkKorinna Fink is a German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.She finished sixth in 4 x 400 m relay at the 2005 World Championships, together with teammates Claudia Marx, Claudia Hoffman and Ulrike Urbansky and fifth at the 2006 European Championships with Hoffmann, Anja Pollmächer and...
(born 1981), German sprinter - Corinne GrantCorinne GrantCorinne Grant is an Australian comedian and television presenter.-Career:After briefly studying as a nurse in Wodonga, she embarked upon a career as an actor in Melbourne, obtaining a degree in drama. After graduating, Grant started doing stand-up comedy to overcome her stage-fright. Her first...
(born 1973), Australian comedian and television presenter - Corinne GriffithCorinne GriffithCorinne Mae Griffith was an American actress. Dubbed "The Orchid Lady of the Screen", she was one of the most popular film actresses of the 1920s and widely considered the most beautiful actress of the silent screen...
(1894–1979), American actress - Corinna KennedyCorinna KennedyCorinna Kennedy is a Canadian sprint kayaker who competed in the mid to late 1990s. She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds , a silver and a bronze .Kennedy also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, finishing fifth both the K-2 500 m...
(born 1970), Canadian sprint canoer - Corina KnollCorina KnollCorina Knoll is an editor and award winning American journalist who writes for California and Sports sections for the Los Angeles Times.-Career:...
, American journalist - Corinna KuhnleCorinna KuhnleCorrina Kuhnle is an Austrian slalom canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. She won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds and a bronze .-References:...
, Austrian slalom canoer - María Corina MachadoMaría Corina MachadoMaría Corina Machado Parisca is a founder, former vice president, and former president of the Venezuelan volunteer civil organization Súmate, along with Alejandro Plaz....
(born 1967), Venezuelan activist - Corinna MartiniCorinna MartiniCorrina Martini is a German luger who has competed since 2005. She won two medal at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda with a silver in the women's singles and a bronze in the mixed team events.Martini also finished 19th in the 2008-09 Luge World Cup.-Reference:*...
(born 1985), German luger - Corinna MayCorinna MayCorinna May is a blind singer from Germany. As a child she was already used to music; her father had a huge collection of jazz albums. Soon Corinna started singing in a school choir and a gospel choir....
(born 1970), German singer - Corina MorariuCorina MorariuCorina Marie Morariu is a former American female professional tennis player of Romanian heritage.Morariu turned professional in 1994. Mainly known as a doubles specialist, she won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1999 with Lindsay Davenport. She also won the mixed doubles title at the...
(born 1978), American tennis player - Corina PeptanCorina PeptanCorina Isabela Peptan is a Romanian chess master. Her peak FIDE rating was 2485 in July 2003, the highest ranked Romanian woman player ever....
(born 1978), Romanian chess player - Corina Porro MartínezCorina Porro MartínezMaría Corina Porro Martínez is a Spanish politician. she was member of the Vigo local government with the Galician People's Party between 1995 and 1999. She was Chief Director of Social Services between 1999 and 2001. She became a deputy in the Parliament of Galicia and Councillor of Social...
(born 1953), Spanish politician - Corinne Bailey RaeCorinne Bailey RaeCorinne Bailey Rae is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist from Leeds, who released her debut album Corinne Bailey Rae in February 2006....
(born 1979), British singer-songwriter - Corinne Roosevelt RobinsonCorinne Roosevelt RobinsonCorinne Roosevelt Robinson was the younger sister of former President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt and an aunt of former First Lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt.-Early years:...
(1861–1933), American writer - Corine RottschäferCorine RottschäferCorine Spier-Rottschäfer won the 1959 Miss World contest, representing the Netherlands. She was the first woman from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom...
(born 1938), Dutch model - Korina SanchezKorina SanchezKorina Maria Sanchez-Roxas is a Filipina broadcast journalist, TV host and commercial endorser.-Early life:Korina Sanchez was born on October 5, 1964 in Hong Kong. Her father, Ramon P. Sanchez, Sr. , was the General Manager of then Hong Kong landmark, Ambassador Hotel. She is the only girl of Ramon...
(born 1964), Filipino journalist - Coreen SimpsonCoreen SimpsonCoreen Simpson is a noted African American photographer and jewelry designer, whose work has an African American theme...
(born 1942), American photographer - Corinna TsopeiCorinna TsopeiKiriaki "Corinna" Tsopei is a beauty pageant winner and actress. In 1964, Tsopei became the first Greek winner of the Miss Universe pageant.-Career:...
(born 1944), Greek model and actress - Corina UngureanuCorina UngureanuCorina Georgiana Ungureanu is a world-class Romanian artistic gymnast who competed internationally between 1993 and 1999...
(born 1980), Romanian gymnast
Surname
- Heather CorinnaHeather CorinnaHeather Corinna is an author, activist, and Internet publisher with a focus on progressive, affirming sexuality. She is a self-described "queer polymath: feminist activist, writer, photographer, artist, educator, Internet publisher, and community organizer."' She was one of the pioneers of...
(born 1970), American writer - Tee CorinneTee CorinneTee Corine was a lesbian visual artist notable for the portrayal of sexuality in her artwork.-Early life and education:Corinne was born and grew up in Florida. Her mother introduced her to principles and techniques for making visual art...
(1943–2006), American artist and writer - Harmony KorineHarmony KorineThe story is told from the perspective of a young man suffering from untreated schizophrenia, played by Ewen Bremner, as he tries to understand his deteriorating world. Julien's abusive father is played by Werner Herzog...
(born 1973), American film director and producer
Places
- Coreen, New South WalesCoreen, New South WalesCoreen is a town community in New South Wales, Australia. It is in the south east part of the Riverina and situated about 10 kilometres south from Daysdale and 9 kilometres north from Lowesdale....
, Australia - Corinna, MaineCorinna, MaineCorinna is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,145 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bangor, Maine metropolitan statistical area.-History:...
- Corinna Township, Wright County, Minnesota
- Corinne, OklahomaCorinne, OklahomaCorinne is a community in southern Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, 19 miles east of Antlers, Oklahoma. Using the Public Land Survey System commonly in use in Oklahoma the community is located in T22-4S-R19E....
- Corinne, UtahCorinne, UtahCorinne is a city in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 685 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Corinne is located at ....
- Corinne, West VirginiaCorinne, West VirginiaCorinne is an unincorporated census-designated place in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 362....
Other uses
- Corinna or Culina languageCulina languageKulina is an Arawan language of Brazil and Peru spoken by about 4,000 people.- Grammar :...
of Brazil and Peru - CORINE, European environmental program
- Corinna (genus), a genus of the spider family Corinnidae
- "Corinna", a song by Taj Mahal on his album The Natch'l Blues
See also
- "Corrine, Corrina", a traditional country blues song
- Corrina, Corrina (film)Corrina, Corrina (film)Corrina, Corrina is a 1994 feature film set in 1959 about a widower who hires a housekeeper/nanny to care for his daughter . It was written and directed by Jessie Nelson...
, a 1994 comedy-drama film - CorinCorin-First name:*Corin Hewitt , American sculptor and photographer*Corin Forshaw , British reality TV star*Corin Mellor , British designer*Corin Nemec , American actor...