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Corse

UK/kɔːs/ US/kɔɹs/ uncommon archaic obsolete

noun

1.

an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France

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Origin

From Middle English cors, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpus and corpse, and distantly of riff. Compare corset.

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