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Cortes (singular form: Corte) is a name of Spanish and Portuguese origin, meaning "Courts". It may refer to:
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- The Cortes (Cortes Generales, "General Courts"), the national legislative assembly of Spain
- The advisory councils of kings in Iberia, see Cortes Generales#History of the Cortes
- Various subnational parliaments of Spain's autonomous communities:
- The Corts Valencianes (Cortes Valencianas, "Valencian Courts"), in the Valencian Community.
- The Cortes (Cortes Gerais, "General Courts"), the parliament of Portugal prior to 1910. See list of Portuguese Cortes
Localities [link]
- Cortes, Navarre, village in the South border of Navarre, Spain
- Cortes de Aragón, Teruel, municipality in the province of Teruel, Aragón, Spain
- Cortes, Bohol, municipality in the Philippines
- Cortes, Surigao del Sur, municipality in the Philippines
- Cortês, municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil
- Puerto Cortés, seaport in Honduras
- Cortés Department, in Honduras
- Cortes Island (British Columbia), Canada
- Cortes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Cortés Department
Cortés is one of the 18 departments into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided. The department covers a total surface area of 3,954 km² and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 1,612,762 people, making it the most populous department in Honduras. The Merendón Mountains rise in western Cortés, but the department is mostly a tropical lowland, the Sula Valley, crossed by the Ulúa and Chamelecon rivers.
It was created in 1893 from parts of the departments of Santa Bárbara and Yoro. The departmental capital is San Pedro Sula. Main cities also include Choloma, La Lima, Villanueva, and the sea ports of Puerto Cortés and Omoa. The Atlantic coast of the Department of Cortés is known for its many excellent beaches.
Cortés is the economic heartland of Honduras, as the Sula Valley is the country's main agricultural and industrial region. US banana companies arrived in the area in the late 19th Century, and established vast plantations, as well as infrastructure to ship the fruit to the United States. San Pedro Sula attracted substantial numbers of European, Central American, and Palestinian and Lebanese immigrants. Industry flourishes in the department, and Cortés today hosts most of the country's assembly plants, known as maquilas.
Cortes (surname)
Cortés (Castilian, Galician, Valencian), Cortês (Portuguese), Cortès (Catalan) is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin, respectively. The surname derived from the Old French corteis or curteis, meaning "courteous" or "polite" and is related to the English Curtis, although the English form has become more widely used as a given name.
The surname has become more frequent among Romani people in Spain than among the general Spanish population.
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Gor
Gor /ˈɡɔːr/ is the parallel universe Counter-Earth setting for John Norman's extended series of sword and planet novels inspired particularly by Barsoom series and Almuric but also known for its content combining philosophy, erotica, and science fiction. The series has been variably referred to by publishers with several names including The Chronicles of Counter-Earth (Ballantine Books), The Saga of Tarl Cabot (DAW Books), Gorean Cycle (Tandem Books), Gorean Chronicles (Masquerade Books), Gorean Saga (Open Road Media), and The Counter-Earth Saga (DAW Books, for novels with a protagonist other than Tarl Cabot) whereas they are known popularly and in reverence as The Scrolls in the fandom. The customs, terminology and imagery depicted in these books inspired a Gorean subculture, with lifestyle adherents online and off. The science fiction inspired books have taken in influences from alternate genres, such as fantasy novels and other works.
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Background
In an interview with the speculative fiction anthology Polygraff, John Norman spoke at length about the creation of the Gor universe and his influences.
Gorë
Gorë is a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Maliq. The population at the 2011 census was 1,565. The municipal unit consists of the villages Zvarisht, Dolan, Lozhan, Lozhan i Ri, Senishtë, Tresovë, Strelcë, Shalës, Selcë, Velçan, Mesmal, Moçan, Mjaltas, Marjan, Desmirë, Qënckë, Babjen and Dolanec.
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Gor (disambiguation)
Gor is an alternate-world setting for a novel series by John Norman.
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