"Cora" yana da ma'anoni da yawa masu yuwuwa, kuma ma'anar da aka nufa ta dogara da mahallin da ake amfani da kalmar. Anan akwai wasu ma'anoni masu yuwuwar kalmar "cora":Cora na iya nufin ƙabilar Amirka ta asali na dangin harshen Uto-Aztecan, wanda kuma aka sani da mutanen Náayarite ko Cuateco. Mutanen Cora suna rayuwa ne a cikin tsaunukan Saliyo Madre a cikin jihohin Nayarit da Jalisco na Mexiko. Yana iya zama ɗan gajeren nau'i na sunan Girkanci Kore, ma'ana "budurwa" ko "'ya", ko kuma bambancin sunan Coraline, wanda ke nufin "coral". In wasu mahallin, "cora" na iya zama taƙaitacciyar magana ko gajarta don jimloli ko ƙungiyoyi daban-daban, kamar Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Central Ohio Railroad Association (CORA), ko Tsarin Ƙimar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru (CORA) da aka yi amfani da shi a cikin orthodontics.