Corus may refer to:

Places

Çörüş, Gazipaşa Çörüş is a village in the Gazipaşa, District of Gazipaşa, Antalya Province, Turkey. References

Villages in Gazipaşa District {{Antalya-geo-stub ...

, a village in Antalya Province, Turkey

Facilities and structures

Corus Quay Corus Quay, originally named First Waterfront Place, is an eight-storey commercial office tower located on a waterfront site in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The building is the first major development planned for the East Bayfront district, and co ...

, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; an office tower

Fictional locations

* Corus, a fictional world that is the setting for the fantasy series ''

The Corean Chronicles ''The Corean Chronicles'' is a fantasy series of books by the author L. E. Modesitt, Jr. As of 2011, it consists of: *'' Legacies'' (2002) *''Darknesses'' (2003) *''Scepters'' (2004) *''Alector's Choice'' (2005) *''Cadmian's Choice'' (2006) *''Soa ...

'' by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

People

Mythological characters

* Corus or Caurus, one of the

Anemoi In ancient Greek religion and myth, the Anemoi ( Greek: , 'Winds') were wind gods who were each ascribed a cardinal direction from which their respective winds came (see Classical compass winds), and were each associated with various seasons ...

and the Roman god of the northwest wind *

Corus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Corus or Koros ( Ancient Greek: Κόρος) was the spirit (daemon) and personification of surfeit and disdain. He was said to be the son of Hybris (Arrogance), daughter of Dyssebeia (Impiety).Pindar, ''Nemean Ode'' 13.10; '' ...

, in Greek mythology the spirit and personification of surfeit and disdain

Events

Battle of Corus The Battle of Corupedium, also called Koroupedion, Corupedion or Curupedion ( grc, Κύρου πεδίον or Κόρου πεδίον, "the plain of Kyros or Koros") was the last battle between the Diadochi, the rival successors to Alexander the Gr ...

(281 BC)

Companies

Corus Group plc Tata Steel Europe Ltd. (formerly Corus Group plc) was a steelmaking company headquartered in London, England, with its main operations in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The company was created in 2007, when Tata Group took over the ...

, UK/Netherlands steel company *

Corus Bankshares Corus Bankshares, Inc. (, previously ) operated as the holding company for Corus Bank, N.A., a United States company that offered consumer and corporate banking products and services. Corus Bank The bank's deposit products included checking, savin ...

, a financial holding group *

Corus Entertainment Corus Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian mass media company. Formed in 1999 as a spin-off from Shaw Communications, it has prominent holdings in the radio, publishing, and television industries. It is headquartered at Corus Quay in Toronto, Ont ...

, a Canadian entertainment company **

Corus Québec Corus Québec, until May 2005 Radiomédia, was a French-language Canadian news/talk radio network serving most of Quebec. The network and most of its affiliates were owned by Toronto-based Corus Entertainment. Stations The network had four co-flag ...

(formerly ''Radiomédia''), a news-talk radio network *

Corus Hotels Corus Hotels is a group of 8 hotels based in the UK, with 2 hotels in Malaysia. The hotels are owned by London Vista Hotel Limited, which is part of Malayan United Industries. The brand name was launched in 1998 by the Regal Hotel Group, in ord ...

, hotel chain

Sport

Corus chess tournament The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is an annual chess tournament held in January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. It was called the Hoogovens Tournament from its creation in 1938 until the sponsor Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Ste ...

, former name for the Tata Steel Chess Tournament held in the Netherlands *

Corus (Port Talbot) RFC Corus Rugby Football Club was a Welsh rugby union clubs based in Port Talbot. It is now known as Tata Steel RFC, the club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys. The club was historically known as The S.C.O.W ...

, former name of Welsh rugby football club Tata Steel RFC *

Corus Steel FC Tata Steel United F.C. ''(formerly Tata Steel F.C, Corus Steel F.C, British Steel (Port Talbot) F.C.)'' is a football club from Port Talbot. They currently play in the South Wales Alliance League Second Division. History The club played in the ...

, former name of Welsh football club Tata Steel F.C.

Biology

* ''Corus'' (beetle), a genus of beetles in the longhorn family Cerambycidae *

Miletus croton corus ''Miletus croton'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, wh ...

(M. c. corus), a subspecies of butterfly *

Papilio corus ''Euploea phaenareta'', the giant crow is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johann Gottlieb Schaller in 1785. It is found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Ta ...

(P. corus) or ''Euploea phaenareta corus'' (E. p. corus), a former species now subspecies of butterfly

Other uses

*Corus, a fictional automobile manufacturer featured in ''Cross Racing Championship 2005'', '' L.A. Street Racing'' and ''

Project Torque ''Project Torque'', also known as ''Level-R'' outside North America and ''HEAT Online'' for the 2010 North American version, is a multiplayer online racing game (MMORG) with partially chargeable content, or micro-transactions, originally develope ...

'', all of which are games developed by

Invictus Games The Invictus Games is an international multi-sport event first held in 2014, for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women, both serving and veterans. The word 'Invictus' means 'unconquered', chosen as an embodiment of the fighting spi ...

. *

CÓRus CÓRus is Ireland's largest choir, founded by Mary Lowe and Yvonne McDonald. In 2013, they performed on '' The Late Late Show''. References External links Official website Irish choirs {{Music-group-stub ...

, Irish choir