Korea
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Corea (now rare)
Etymology[edit]
First attested as Core in the 1598 English translation of the 1596 Itinerario of Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, from the original Dutch Core, itself from Portuguese according to van Linschoten's account.
Ultimately a sixteenth-century borrowing by Europeans from Chinese—perhaps specifically Mandarin 高麗/高丽 (Gāolí)—after Sino-Korean 고려(高麗) (Goryeo), which was Korea's official name between 918 and 1394 and continued to be commonly used by Chinese people to refer to the country for centuries thereafter. This was itself a shortening of 高句麗/高句丽 (“Goguryeo”), an ancient Korean kingdom in the first millennium. Doublet of Goryeo, from Korean.
The earliest form in Europe was probably William of Rubruck's Medieval Latin Caule, but this is not ancestral to the modern European names.
Some Korean authors claim an Arabic intermediary instead, but the actual medieval Arabic word for Korea was generally a variant of السيلى (al-sīlā, see also Silla).
The spelling Corea was more common in Early Modern English.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (US) IPA(key): /kəˈɹi.ə/, [kʰɵˈɹi.ə]
- (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈɹiːə/, [kʰɵˈɹiːə]
- Homophone: career (non-rhotic)
- Rhymes: -iːə
Audio (UK) (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Korea (countable and uncountable, plural Koreas)
- A nation 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.
- (informal) The Republic of Korea (South Korea).
- (informal) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
- (informal) The Korean Peninsula.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
Names of Korea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Korea f
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Korea in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- Korea in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately, from Korean 고려 (Goryeo).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Korea n
Derived terms[edit]
Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately, from Korean 고려 (Goryeo).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Korea n
Declension[edit]
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Korea |
Accusative | Korea |
Dative | Korea |
Genitive | Korea |
Derived terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
Korea
- Korea (ancient country)
- Korea (either of the two current Korean states)
- Korea (Korean peninsula)
Usage notes[edit]
- Plural may be used of North and South Korea collectively.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Korea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Korea | Koreat | |
genitive | Korean | Koreoiden Koreoitten | |
partitive | Koreaa | Koreoita | |
illative | Koreaan | Koreoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Korea | Koreat | |
accusative | nom. | Korea | Koreat |
gen. | Korean | ||
genitive | Korean | Koreoiden Koreoitten Koreainrare | |
partitive | Koreaa | Koreoita | |
inessive | Koreassa | Koreoissa | |
elative | Koreasta | Koreoista | |
illative | Koreaan | Koreoihin | |
adessive | Korealla | Koreoilla | |
ablative | Korealta | Koreoilta | |
allative | Korealle | Koreoille | |
essive | Koreana | Koreoina | |
translative | Koreaksi | Koreoiksi | |
instructive | — | Koreoin | |
abessive | Koreatta | Koreoitta | |
comitative | — | Koreoineen |
Possessive forms of Korea (type kulkija) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Koreani | Koreamme |
2nd person | Koreasi | Koreanne |
3rd person | Koreansa |
Synonyms[edit]
- (current state): Etelä-Korea, Pohjois-Korea
- (peninsula): Korean niemimaa
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- korea (senses beautiful or chorea)
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Korea n (genitive Koreas, plural Korea)
Usage notes[edit]
- The plural refers to both Südkorea (Republik Korea) and Nordkorea (Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea), and does occur in forms like "die beiden Korea".
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Korea
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Korea | — |
accusative | Koreát | — |
dative | Koreának | — |
instrumental | Koreával | — |
causal-final | Koreáért | — |
translative | Koreává | — |
terminative | Koreáig | — |
essive-formal | Koreaként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Koreában | — |
superessive | Koreán | — |
adessive | Koreánál | — |
illative | Koreába | — |
sublative | Koreára | — |
allative | Koreához | — |
elative | Koreából | — |
delative | Koreáról | — |
ablative | Koreától | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Koreáé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Koreáéi | — |
Possessive forms of Korea | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Koreám | — |
2nd person sing. | Koreád | — |
3rd person sing. | Koreája | — |
1st person plural | Koreánk | — |
2nd person plural | Koreátok | — |
3rd person plural | Koreájuk | — |
Derived terms[edit]
(Compound words):
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Malay Korea, ultimately from Sino-Korean 고려 (高麗, Goryeo).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Korea
Compounds[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Korea” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Korea
- Korea (region and former country in East Asia, now divided into North Korea and South Korea)
Related terms[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Korea
- Korea (region and former country in East Asia, now divided into North Korea and South Korea)
Related terms[edit]
- Nord-Korea, Sør-Korea
- korean, koreanar, nordkorean, nordkoreanar, sørkorean, sørkoreanar
- koreansk, nordkoreansk, sørkoreansk
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Korea f
- (historical) Korea (“an ancient country in East Asia”)
- (informal) Korea (“an informal name for the South Korea or North Korea”)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Korea in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Korea in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swahili[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Korea
Derived terms[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Korea n (genitive Koreas)
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
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- Dutch terms derived from Korean
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- Faroese terms derived from Korean
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- Finnish terms derived from Korean
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- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
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- no:Exonyms
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- nn:Countries
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- pl:Countries in Asia
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