Korea

See also korea, and Kórea

English

Wikipedia

Location of Korea

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kə.ˈɹi.ə/
• Homophone (non-rhotic accents only): career

Etymology

From Korean 고려 (Goryeo).

Proper noun

Korea (plural Koreas)

1. An ancient country in East Asia. Since World War II, Korea has been divided into two sovereign states, commonly called South Korea and North Korea in the US, or Korea and North Korea in the UK.
2. An informal name for the Republic of Korea (South Korea) or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).

Derived terms

• Korean

Translations

country

• Arabic: كوريا (ar) (kuuriya) f
• Armenian: Կորեա (hy) (Korea)
• Belarusian: Карэя (be) (Karéja) f
• Bengali: কোরিয়া (bn) (koriẏa)
• Buginese: ᨀᨚᨑᨗᨕ
• Bulgarian: Корея (bg) (Koréja) f
• Burmese: ကိုရီးယား (my) (Kori:ya:)
• Catalan: Corea (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朝鮮 (cmn), 朝鲜 (cmn) (Cháoxiān) (the area of both Koreas), 北朝鮮 (cmn), 北朝鲜 (cmn) (Běi Cháoxiǎn) (North Korea), 韓國 (cmn), 韩国 (cmn) (Hánguó) (South Korea)

• Czech: Korea (cs) f
• Dutch: Korea (nl)
• Esperanto: Koreujo (eo)
• Estonian: Korea (et)
• Finnish: Korea (fi)
• French: Corée (fr) f
• German: Korea (de) n
• Greek: Κορέα (el) (Koréa) f
• Hebrew: קוריאה (he) (koriah)
• Hindi: कोरिया (hi) (koriyā) m
• Hmong: Kolee
• Indonesian: Korea (id)
• Interlingua: Corea (ia)
• Irish: An Chóiré (ga) f
• Italian: Corea (it) f
• Japanese: 朝鮮 (ja) (ちょうせん, Chōsen) (the area of both Koreas); 北朝鮮 (ja) (きたちょうせん, Kitachōsen) (North Korea); 韓国 (ja) (かんこく, Kankoku) (South Korea); 朝鮮半島 (ja) (ちょうせんはんとう, Chōsen-hantō) (Korean peninsula)
• Kalenjin: Korea
• Kamba: Korea
• Khmer: កូរ៉េ (km) (kōrē)
• Kikuyu: ko

• Korean: 조선 (ko) (Joseon) (朝鮮 (ko)) ((north)); 한국 (ko) (Hanguk) (韓國 (ko)) ((South)); 고려 (ko) (Goryeo) (高麗 (ko)) (historical, Goguryeo)
• Lao: ເກົາຫລີ (lo) (kao lĭː)
• Latin: Corea (la) f
• Luhya: Korea
• Luo: Korea
• Macedonian: Кореја (mk) (Koréja) f
• Malay: Korea (ms)
• Maltese: il-Korea (mt) f
• Meru: Korea
• Mongolian: Солонгос (mn) (Solongos)
• Navajo: Kolíya bikéyah
• Persian: کره (fa) (Kore)
• Polish: Korea (pl) f
• Portuguese: Coreia (pt) f

  (Brazil): Coréia (pt) f

• Romanian: Coreea (ro) f
• Romansch: Corea (rm) f
• Russian: Корея (ru) (Koréja) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Коре́ја (sh) f

  Roman: Koréja (sh) f

• Slovak: Kórea (sk) f
• Slovene: Korêja (sl) f
• Spanish: Corea (es) f
• Swahili: Korea (sw)
• Swedish: Korea (sv)
• Telugu: కొరియా (te)
• Thai: เกาหลี (th) (kaoli), ประเทศเกาหลี (th) (prathet kaoli)
• Turkish: Kore (tr)
• Ukrainian: Корея (uk) (Koréja) f
• Urdu: کوریا (ur) (koriyā) m
• Vietnamese: Hàn Quốc (vi) (韓國 (vi)) (South Korea), Triều Tiên (vi) (朝鮮 (vi)) (the area of both Koreas), Bắc Triều Tiên (vi) (北朝鮮 (vi)) (North Korea)
• Welsh: Corea (cy)

See also

• Names of Korea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Names of Korea

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Czech

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Korea f

1. Korea

Related terms

• korejský
• Korejec
• Korejka

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Faroese

Wikipedia ^fo

Korea

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kʰoˈɹeː.a/

Etymology

Ultimately, from Korean 고려 (Goryeo).

Proper noun

Korea n

1. Korea

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Korea
Accusative	Korea
Dative	Korea
Genitive	Korea

Derived terms

• koreanskur
• Norðurkorea
• Suðurkorea

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Finnish

Etymology

From Korean 고려

Noun

Korea

1. Korea

Declension

Declension of Korea (type kulkija) singular plural nominative Korea – genitive Korean – partitive Koreaa – accusative Korea Korean – inessive Koreassa – elative Koreasta – illative Koreaan – adessive Korealla – ablative Korealta – allative Korealle – essive Koreana – translative Koreaksi – instructive – – abessive Koreatta – comitative – – 1) Rare.

See also

• Pohjois-Korea
• Etelä-Korea
• korealainen
• eteläkorealainen
• pohjoiskorealainen
• korea

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German

Wikipedia ^de

Pronunciation

• IPA: /koˈʀeːaː/

• audio

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Proper noun

Korea n

1. Korea

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Korean 고려

Proper noun

Korea

1. Korea

Related terms

• Nord-Korea, Sør-Korea
• korean, koreaner, nordkorean, nordkoreaner, sørkorean, sørkoreaner
• koreansk, nordkoreansk, sørkoreansk

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Polish

Map of Korea

Etymology

From Korean 고려

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔˈrɛa/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Korea f

1. Korea

Declension

    declension of Korea

	singular only
nominative	Korea
genitive	Korei
dative	Korei
accusative	Koreę
instrumental	Koreą
locative	Korei
vocative	Koreo

Derived terms

• Koreańczyk m, Koreanka f
• adjective: koreański

Related terms

• Korea Północna, Korea Południowa

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Swedish

Etymology

From Korean 고려

Noun

Korea

1. Korea

See also

• Nordkorea
• Sydkorea
• korean
• koreansk
• koreanska