Chora (Greek χωρα) can mean one of several things:
- Localities
- In ancient Greek, the term often takes on the general meaning of the countryside surrounding the polis. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c Rural areas can be large and isolated (also referred to as "the country" and/or "the countryside over the course of time A polis ( πόλις, pronunciation, in English-- plural poleis ( πόλεις, pronunciation, in English --is a City, a
- It is usually the name of the greatest or more important town or village of a Greek island. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
- Chora District in the Uruzgan province of Afghanistan. Chora District is a district of Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan. Orūzgān ( Persian and Pashto: اروزگان also spelt Oruzgan or Uruzgan) is one of the thirty-four Provinces of Afghanistan Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت,
- Chora (woreda), a district in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia
- The Chora Church, a Byzantine church in İstanbul. Chora is one of the 180 Woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. The Chora Church ( Turkish Kariye Müzesi, Kariye Camii, or Kariye Kilisesi — the Chora Museum Mosque or Church) is considered to Byzantine architecture is the Architecture of the Byzantine Empire. Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey
- In Philosophy
- Plato uses chora in a sense close to space, or place in space; the milieu in which Forms materialize. Biography Early life Birth and family Plato was born in Athens Greece
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- In Modern Philosophy
- Chora has been object of considerable philosophical reflection, especially in contemporary French philosophy, having taken the status of a master term in the writings of Julia Kristeva,. Julia Kristeva (Юлия Кръстева (born 24 June 1941) is a Bulgarian - French Philosopher, Literary critic, . . and more recently of Jacques Derrida.
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- Chora, which Derrida insists must be understood without any definite article, has an acknowledged role at the very foundations of the concept of spatiality, place and placing: it signifies, at its most literal level, notions of "space", "location", "site", "region", "locale", "country": but it also contains an irreducible, yet often overlooked connection with the functions of femininity, being associated with a series of sexually-coded terms -- "mother","nurse","receptacle", and "imprint-bearer". — Elizabeth Grosz (1995) Space, time and perversion Routledge, New York & London :112
- In Literature
- Chora is the proper name of Avendesora, or The Tree Of Life in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series during the Age of Legends. Elizabeth A Grosz is an Australian Feminist academic living and working in the USA Avendesora, or The Tree Of Life, is a recurring object in Robert Jordan 's Wheel of Time series Robert Jordan was the Pen name of James Oliver Rigney Jr ( October 17, 1948 &ndash September 16, 2007) under which he The Wheel of Time (abbreviated by fans to WoT) is a series of epic fantasy novels written by the late American author James Oliver This article is about the fictional world history of Robert Jordan 's The Wheel of Time Fantasy fiction series
- Other
- Chora (moth), a genus of nolid moths. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Nolidae is a family of Moths with about 1400 described Species worldwide A moth is an Insect closely related to the Butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera.
- Chora (software), a web-based CVS repository viewer. Horde is a PHP -based Web application framework. It offers applications such as the Horde IMP email client, a groupware package (calendar notes In the field of Software development, the Concurrent Versions System ( CVS) also known as the Concurrent Versioning System, provides a Version Part of the Horde framework. Horde is a PHP -based Web application framework. It offers applications such as the Horde IMP email client, a groupware package (calendar notes
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