Corea

See also: corea, coreá, and coreà

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːə

Proper noun

Corea

1. Archaic spelling of Korea.
   • 1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎^[1], London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 6:

     All China was formerly divided by the Chineſe Emperour Xunus into 12 Provinces; afterwards the Emperour Yua, who took upon him the Government after the death of Xunus, about 260 years before the Incarnation of our Saviour, reduced all China into Nine Provinces, which only at that time comprehended the Northern Parts of China, and had for their Confines the River Kiang. But after that they had Conquered the Southern parts by degrees, and had ſomewhat civilized the Inhabitants, the whole Kingdom of China was divided into 15 Provinces : Amongſt theſe alſo they reckon the Province of Leaotung, which is ſituated on the Weſt of Peking, where the great Wall begins, and the Hanging Iſland of Corea; both which pay Tribute to the Emperour.

   • 1699, William Dampier, A New Voyage round the World, page 274:

     I would take the ſame method if I was to go to diſcover the North Eaſt Paſſage. I would winter about Japan, Corea, or the North Eaſt part of China; and taking the Spring and Summer before me, I would make my firſt trial on the Coaſt of Tartary [...]

   • 1788, Jean-Baptiste Grosier, translated by unknown, A General Description of China, page 245:

     The Mantchews, thus maſters of Corea, endeavoured to compel their new ſubjects to ſhave their heads, after their manner, and to adopt the Tartar dreſs.

   • 1888 April 7, “'The Hermit Land.'”, in Chambers's Journal (Fifth Series)‎^[2], volume V, number 223, →OCLC, page 209:

     The Amnok, called also the Yalu, is a fine river which divides Corea from Manchuria.

   • 1922, Elizabeth F. Parker, Amber, page 12:

     In the latter country it is mostly black and known as Whitby jet, while in Corea and Japan it is red in color and opaque.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Corea.

Usage notes

• 1999, Keith Pratt and Richard Rutt with additional material by James Hoare, Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary, Routledge, page 232

  'Corea' (1613) soon became normal, but 'Korea' appears as early as 1738 and was generally accepted in the 19th century, though 'Corea' lingered as a rarity until 1940.

• 2004, Andrew C. Nahm, James E. Hoare, Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea, Scarecrow Press, pages 95–96:

  In the late 1990s, a number of South Koreans began to claim that the Japanese had deliberately fostered the use of Korea rather than Corea so that Japan would be listed before Korea in country lists. [...]

• 2006, Samuel S. Kim, The Two Koreas and the Great Powers, Cambridge University Press, page 50:

  [T]he spelling of Korea with a "K" is sometimes alleged to be a Japanese invention from the colonial period so that Korea would follow Japan in alphabetical listings in the Roman alphabet.

Further reading

• Corea, Korea at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Anagrams

• Acero, Arceo, ocrea

Asturian

Proper noun

Corea f

1. Korea (two countries of East Asia, North Korea and South Korea; the peninsula containing these two countries)

Related terms

• coreanu

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈɾe.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈɾe.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈɾe.a]

Proper noun

Corea f

1. Korea (two countries of East Asia, North Korea and South Korea; the peninsula containing these two countries)

Derived terms

• coreà
• Corea del Nord, República Popular Democràtica de Corea
• Corea del Sud, República de Corea

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈrɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Hyphenation: Co‧rè‧a

Proper noun

Corea f

1. Korea (two countries of East Asia, North Korea and South Korea; the peninsula containing these two countries)

Derived terms

• coreano

Anagrams

• acero

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Portuguese Core. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koˈreː.a/, [kɔˈreːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈre.a/, [koˈrɛːä]

Proper noun

Corēa f sg (genitive Corēae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Korea (two countries of East Asia, North Korea and South Korea; the peninsula containing these two countries)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Corēa
Genitive	Corēae
Dative	Corēae
Accusative	Corēam
Ablative	Corēā
Vocative	Corēa

Meronyms

• Pohangum
• Pusanum
• Seulum
• Taeguum
• Taeieonum

Derived terms

• Corēa Merīdiāna f
• Corēa Septentriōnālis f
• corēānicus
• corēānus, Corēānus, korēānus (adj. Korean)
• koraiēnsis

Romansch

Etymology

From Korean 고려 (Goryeo).

Proper noun

Corea f

1. Korea (two countries of East Asia, North Korea and South Korea; the peninsula containing these two countries)

Derived terms

• corean
• Corean

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈɾea/ [koˈɾe.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: Co‧re‧a

Proper noun

Corea f

1. Korea (two countries of East Asia, North Korea and South Korea; the peninsula containing these two countries)
2. a surname

Derived terms

• ardilla de Corea
• Corea del Norte
• Corea del Sur
• coreano
• República de Corea
• República Popular Democrática de Corea

 

Welsh

Etymology

From English Korea, Corea, from Dutch Core. Ultimately from Korean 고려(高麗) (Goryeo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈreː.a/
• Rhymes: -reːa

Proper noun

Corea f

1. Korea (two countries of East Asia, North Korea and South Korea; the peninsula containing these two countries)

Derived terms

• Coread (“Korean person”)
• Coreaidd (“Korean”)
• Corëeg (“Korean language”)
• De Corea (“South Korea”)
• Gogledd Corea (“South Korea”)
• Gweriniaeth Corea (“Republic of Korea”)
• Gweriniaeth Pobl Ddemocrataidd Corea (“People's Democratic Republic of Korea”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Corea	Gorea	Nghorea	Chorea
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.