Korea

See also korea

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) Bosnian: Koreja (bs) f. 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) Croatian: Koreja (hr) f. Czech: Korea (cs) f. Dutch: Korea (nl) 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: please add this translation if you can Latin: Corea (la) f. Luhya: Korea Luo: Korea Macedonian: Кореја (mk) (Koréja) f. Malay: Korea (ms) Maltese: il-Korea f. Meru: Korea Mongolian: Солонгос (mn) (Solongos) Navajo: Kolíya bikéyah Persian: کره (fa) (Kore) Polish: Korea (pl) f. Portuguese: Coreia (pt) f. (Brazil): Coréia 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: Koreja (sl) f. Spanish: Corea (es) f. Swahili: Korea (sw) Swedish: Korea (sv) 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 in Wikipedia

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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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Finnish

Etymology

From Korean 고려

Noun

Korea

1. Korea

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

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

	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