Cork

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Cork may refer to:

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Places
  • Cork, Ireland includes
    • Cork (city), a city in the Republic of Ireland
    • County Cork, the largest and southernmost county in Ireland
    • Cork Harbour, a natural harbour and estuary
    • Cork International Airport, just outside the Irish city
    • Metropolitan Cork
Objects and materials
  • Cork (material), a material used for bottle stoppers and noteboards
  • Cork is often used to refer to a stopper (plug)
In botany
  • Cork Oak (Quercus suber) is a species of tree
  • Chinese Cork Oak (Quercus variabilis) is a species of tree
  • Cork-tree, Phellodendron is a genus of plants native to east and north-east Asia
  • Cork cambium, a tissue found in woody plants
In sports
  • Cork City F.C., a football club
  • Cork GAA Gaelic athletic association
People
  • Bruce Cork (died 1994), American physicist
  • Dominic Cork (born 1971), English cricketer
Miscellaneous
  • Corky is a female orca living in captivity
  • Cork taint, a condition when wine is spoilt by a chemical reaction
  • Diocese of Cork and Ross (Roman Catholic) formed in the 1950s from two older diocese


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