Kuro

Rarotongan

Etymology

Borrowed from English Cyprus and English Cyrus.

Proper noun

Kuro

  1. Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)
  2. a surname, equivalent to English Cyrus
  3. Cyrus, one of the Persian kings in the Bible

References

Kuro” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.

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