Corea

Corea may refer to:

• Korea, the term for the peninsula and its culture composed currently of two sovereign states, for which Corea is a spelling in many languages, especially Romance languages, and a former spelling in English
  • Korean Peninsula, the land area which Korea occupies
  • North Korea, one of the two sovereign states occupying the Korean peninsula
  • South Korea, one of the two sovereign states occupying the Korean peninsula
• Coreae, a place near Wadi al-Far'a (river)

Other places

• A village in the town of Gouldsboro, Maine

People with the surname Corea

• Corea or Cooray, one of surname in Sri Lanka
  • Charles Alfred Ernest Corea, Sri Lankan lawyer
  • Charles Edgar Corea, Sri Lankan politician, President of the Ceylon National Congress (1924)
  • Claude Corea, Sri Lankan politician/diplomat, High Commissioner to the UK and Ambassador to the United States
  • Dominicus Corea, (Sinhalese name Edirille Rala), 16th Century ruler
  • Ernest Corea, Sri Lankan journalist and Ambassador to the United States
  • Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
  • Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea, Sri Lankan public official in Colonial Ceylon
  • Harindra Corea, Sri Lankan politician, Deputy Foreign Minister
  • Ishvari Corea (1925–2019), Sri Lankan librarian
  • Ivan Corea, Sri Lankan clergyman of the Church of Ceylon
  • J.C.A. Corea, first Sri Lankan principal of Royal College Colombo
  • James Alfred Ernest Corea, Sri Lankan physician
  • Srikuradas Charles Shirley Corea, Sri Lankan politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Ceylon
  • Vernon Corea Sri Lankan/British radio broadcaster
  • Victor Corea, Sri Lankan politician and freedom fighter
  • Vijaya Corea, Sri Lankan radio and TV broadcaster
• Chick Corea, American jazz pianist
• Nicholas J. Corea, American author
• António Corea, 17th century Korean slave in Italy, given "Corea" as his European surname

See also

• Korea (disambiguation)
• Names of Korea, the article on the various names for the nation/culture
• Correa (disambiguation) (Spanish word and surname)
• Correia (Portuguese and Galician word and surname)
• Chorea (disambiguation) (A medical term for an involuntary movement disorder)
• Corea (HBC vessel), see Hudson's Bay Company vessels