Cork
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Cork may refer to:
  • Cork Oak
    Cork Oak
    Quercus suber, commonly called the Cork Oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section Quercus sect. Cerris. It is the primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers and other uses, such as cork flooring. It is native to southwest Europe and northwest Africa.It grows to up to 20 m,...

    , a deciduous tree
    • Cork (material)
      Cork (material)
      Cork is an impermeable, buoyant material, a prime-subset of bark tissue that is harvested for commercial use primarily from Quercus suber , which is endemic to southwest Europe and northwest Africa...

      , used for bottle stoppers, insulation, floor and wall tiling, and noteboard, obtained from the Cork Oak

Places

  • County Cork
    County Cork
    County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...

    , a county in Ireland
  • Cork (city)
    Cork (city)
    Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...

    , a city in Ireland

Parliamentary constituencies

  • Cork City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
    Cork City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
    Cork City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.-Boundaries and boundary changes:...

  • Cork County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
    Cork County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
    Cork County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:This constituency was the borough in County Cork. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.-History:...

  • Cork City (UK Parliament constituency)
    Cork City (UK Parliament constituency)
    Cork City was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1880 to 1922 it returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...

  • Cork County (UK Parliament constituency)
    Cork County (UK Parliament constituency)
    Cork County was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....


Others

  • Cork tree (disambiguation)
  • Corky (disambiguation)
  • Cork (surname)
    Cork (surname)
    Cork is a surname.People named Cork include:* Gerald Cork, English footballer and father of Dominic Cork* Alan Cork , English footballer and coach* Kenneth Cork , English insolvency expert* Bruce Cork , American physicist...

  • Cork encoding
    Cork encoding
    The Cork encoding is a character encoding. It is named after the city of Cork in Ireland, where during a TeX Users Group conference, a new encoding was introduced for LaTeX. It contains 256 characters supporting west and east-European languages with the Latin alphabet. It is the default encoding...

    , a digital data format
  • Stopper (plug)
    Stopper (plug)
    A bung is truncated cylindrical or conical closure to seal a container, such as a bottle, tube or barrel. Unlike a lid which encloses a container from the outside without displacing the inner volume, a bung is partially inserted inside the container to act as a seal...

     or closure (bottle)
  • Cork City F.C.
    Cork City F.C.
    Cork City Football Club is an Irish football team that plays in the League of Ireland. Founded and elected to the league in 1984 to continue the long tradition of Association Football in Cork, City's traditional colours are green and white with red trim, and the crest is a variant of the Cork...

     A football club from Cork
  • Corke
    Corke
    Corke is a surname.People named Corke include:*Anya Corke , Hong Kong chess grandmaster*Fiona Corke , Australian actress*Hilary Corke , British writer, composer and mineralogist...

  • Cork cambium
    Cork cambium
    Cork cambium is a tissue found in many vascular plants as part of the periderm. The cork cambium is a lateral meristem and is responsible for secondary growth that replaces the epidermis in roots and stems...

  • Cork taint
    Cork taint
    Cork taint is a broad term referring to a wine fault characterized by a set of undesirable smells or tastes found in a bottle of wine, especially spoilage that can only be detected after bottling, aging and opening...

  • Cork GAA


CORK may also be:
  • Canadian Olympic-training Regatta, Kingston
    Canadian Olympic-training Regatta, Kingston
    The Canadian Olympic-training Regatta, Kingston is an annual multi-class sailing regatta held off the shores of Kingston, Ontario, Canada....

    , a sailing regatta
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