Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Koran \Ko"ran\ (?; 277), n. [Ar. gor[=a]n. See {Alcoran}.]
   The Scriptures of the Mohammedans, containing the professed
   revelations to Mohammed; -- called also {Alcoran}. [Written
   also {Kuran} or {Quran}.]