Corcyra is Latin for

Corfu Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl ...

, a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. Corcyra or Korkyra may also refer to: *

Korkyra (mythology) In Greek mythology, Corcyra or Korkyra {{IPAc-en, k, ɔr, ˈ, k, aɪər, ə(Ancient Greece: Κόρκυρα means ') was the naiad daughter of the Asopos river and the nymph Metope, daughter of the river-god Ladon. Family Korykra was the siste ...

, a mythical figure whose name was given to the Greek island

Places

Korkyra (polis) Korkyra (also ''Corcyra''; el, Κόρκυρα, Kórkyra) was an ancient Greek city on the island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea that is adjacent to Epirus. It was a colony of Corinth that was founded in the Archaic period. According to Thucydides, ...

, the ancient city on the island of Corfu * Korkyra (Acarnania), a city founded in ancient Acarnania by Corinthians in 706 BC. See

List of cities in ancient Acarnania Acarnania is a region of western Greece. Below is a list of the cities that existed in Acarnania in ancient times.An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Resear ...

Corcyre Corcyre (, archaic French for "Corfu", ) was one of three short-lived French departments of Greece. It came into existence after Napoleon's conquest in 1797 of the Republic of Venice, when Venetian Greek possessions such as the Ionian islands f ...

, a former French department (1797-1799) in present Greece * ''Corcyra Nigra'' or ''Korkyra Melaina'', ancient name of

Korčula Korčula (, it, Curzola) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. It has an area of , is long and on average wide, and lies just off the Dalmatian coast. Its 15,522 inhabitants (2011) make it the second most populous Adriatic island after K ...

island, in Croatia, also known as Black Corcyra

Insects

* ''Corcyra cephalonica'', the

rice moth The rice moth (''Corcyra cephalonica'') is a moth of the family Pyralidae. This small moth can become a significant pest. Its caterpillars feed on dry plantstuffs such as seeds, including cereals (e.g. rice). Other recordedGrabe (1942) foods ar ...

* '' Corcyra nidicolella'', a type of snout moth * '' Corcyra brunnea'', a type of snout moth * ''

Corcyra Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl ...

'', a type of snout moth * '' Corcyra asthenitis'', a type of snout moth * '' Corcyranillus'', a genus of beetles

Horses

, one of the UK's top stallions, a sire of

Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Philopator ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ}, "Cleopatra the father-beloved"; 69 BC10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler.She was also a ...

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