North Korea

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːə

Proper noun

North Korea

2. A country in East Asia whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea. Official name: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
   • 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable.

Translations

North Korea

• Afrikaans: Noord-Korea
• Albanian: Koreja e Veriut f
• Amharic: ስሜን ኮርያ (səmen korya)
• Arabic: كُورِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة f (kōriyā š-šamāliyya), كُورِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة f (kūriyā š-šamāliyya)
• Armenian: Հյուսիսային Կորեա (Hyusisayin Korea)
• Asturian: Corea del Norte (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Şimali Koreya
• Bashkir: Төньяҡ Корея (Tönʹyaq Koreya)
• Basque: Ipar Korea
• Belarusian: Паўно́чная Карэ́я f (Paŭnóčnaja Karéja)
• Bengali: উত্তর কোরিয়া (uttor kōriẏa)
• Breton: Korea an Norzh
• Bulgarian: Се́верна Коре́я (bg) f (Séverna Koréja)
• Burmese: မြောက်ကိုရီးယား (mraukkuiri:ya:)
• Catalan: Corea del Nord (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 北韓／北韩 (bak¹ hon⁴), 北韩 (bak¹ hon⁴), 朝鮮／朝鲜 (yue), 朝鲜 (ciu⁴ sin¹, ziu¹ sin¹)

  Mandarin: 北朝鮮／北朝鲜 (zh), 北朝鲜 (zh) (Běi Cháoxiǎn), 朝鮮／朝鲜 (zh), 朝鲜 (zh) (Cháoxiǎn), 北韓／北韩 (zh) (Běihán), 北韩 (zh) (Běihán)

• Czech: Severní Korea (cs) f
• Danish: Nordkorea (da)
• Dhivehi: އުތުރު ކޮރެއާ (uturu koreā)
• Dutch: Noord-Korea (nl) n
• Esperanto: Nord-Koreujo, Koreujo Norda, Koreio Norda, Nord-Koreio
• Estonian: Põhja-Korea (et)
• Faroese: Norðurkorea n
• Finnish: Pohjois-Korea (fi)
• French: Corée du Nord (fr) f
• Galician: Corea do Norte (gl) f
• Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი კორეა (črdiloeti ḳorea)
• German: Nordkorea (de) n
• Greek: Βόρεια Κορέα (el) f (Vóreia Koréa)
• Greenlandic: Korea Avannarleq
• Hausa: Koriya ta Arewa
• Hawaiian: Kōlea ʻĀkau
• Hebrew: קוֹרֵיאָה הַצְּפוֹנִית f (koré'a ha-ts'fonít), צְפוֹן קוֹרֵיאָה m (ts'fón koré'a)
• Hindi: उत्तर कोरिया (hi) (uttar koriyā)
• Hungarian: Észak-Korea (hu)
• Icelandic: Norður-Kórea (is) f
• Ido: Nord-Korea (io)
• Indonesian: Korea Utara (id)
• Interlingua: Corea del Nord
• Irish: An Chóiré Thuaidh f
• Italian: Corea del Nord (it) f
• Japanese: 北朝鮮 (ja) (きたちょうせん, Kita Chōsen)
• Kazakh: Солтүстік Корея (Soltüstık Koreä)
• Khmer: កូរ៉េខាងជើង (km) (kouree khaang cəəng)
• Korean: 북조선 (Bukjoseon) (北朝鮮 (ko)), 북한 (Bukhan) (北韓 (ko)), 조선 (Joseon) (朝鮮 (ko))
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• Kyrgyz: Түндүк Корея (ky) (Tündük Koreya)
• Lao: ເກົາຫລີເໜືອ (kao lī nư̄a)
• Latvian: Ziemeļkoreja f
• Lithuanian: Šiaurės Korėja (lt) f
• Macedonian: Северна Коре́ја (mk) f (Severna Koréja)
• Malagasy: Korea Avaratra
• Malay: Korea Utara
• Maltese: il-Korea ta’ Fuq
• Mongolian: Хойд Солонгос (mn) (Xojd Solongos)
• Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Binááʼádaałtsʼózí Dineʼé Bikéyah Yázhí
• Norman: Corée du Nord f
• Norwegian: Nord-Korea (no)
• Occitan: Corèa del Nòrd f
• Pashto: شمالي کوريا (šimālī kōriyā)
• Persian: کره شمالی (fa) (kore-ye šemâli)
• Polish: Korea Północna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Coreia do Norte (pt) f
• Quechua: Chinchay Kuriya
• Romanian: Coreea de Nord (ro) f
• Romansch: Corea dal Nord f
• Russian: Се́верная Коре́я (ru) f (Sévernaja Koréja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Северна Кореја f, Сјеверна Кореја f

  Roman: Severna Koreja f, Sjeverna Koreja (sh) f

• Silesian: Půłnocno Koryjo
• Sinhalese: උතුරු කොරියාව (uturu koriyāwa)
• Slovak: Severná Kórea f
• Slovene: Severna Koreja f
• Spanish: Corea del Norte (es) f
• Swahili: Korea ya Kaskazini, Korea Kaskazini
• Swedish: Nordkorea (sv)
• Tagalog: Hilagang Korea
• Tajik: Кореяи Шимолӣ (tg) (Koreya-yi Šimoli), Куриёи Шимолӣ (Kuriyo-yi Šimoli)
• Tamil: வடகொரியா (vaṭakoriyā)
• Tatar: Төньяк Корея (Tön’yak Qoreya)
• Telugu: ఉత్తర కొరియా (te) (uttara koriyā)
• Thai: เกาหลีเหนือ (th) (gao-lǐi-nʉ̌ʉa)
• Tibetan: བྱང་ཀོ་རི་ཡ (byang ko ri ya)
• Turkish: Kuzey Kore (tr)
• Turkmen: Demirgazyk Koreýa
• Ukrainian: Півні́чна Коре́я (uk) f (Pivníčna Koréja)
• Urdu: شمالی کوریا (šimālī koriyā)
• Uyghur: شىمالىي چاۋشيەن (shimaliy chawshyen)
• Uzbek: Shimoliy Koreya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Bắc Triều Tiên (北朝鮮), Bắc Hàn (北韓), Triều Tiên (vi) (朝鮮)
• Yiddish: צפֿון קאָרעע (tsofn koree)
• Yoruba: Guusu Kọria
• Zhuang: Cauzsenh

See also

• Countries of the world