English

Location of Korea

Alternative forms

• Corea

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).
3. Informal term for the Korean Peninsula

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Names of Korea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Korea f

1. Korea

Related terms

• korejský
• Korejec
• Korejka

Faroese

Korea

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰoˈɹeː.a/

Etymology

Ultimately, from Korean 고려 ‎(Goryeo).

Proper noun

Korea n

1. Korea

Declension

Derived terms

• koreanskur
• Norðurkorea
• Suðurkorea

Finnish

Etymology

From Korean 고려 ‎(goryeo)

Noun

Korea

1. Korea (ancient country)
2. Korea (either of the two current Korean states)
3. Korea (Korean peninsula)

Declension

Usage notes

• Plural may be used of North and South Korea collectively.

Synonyms

• (current state): Etelä-Korea, Pohjois-Korea
• (peninsula): Korean niemimaa

Derived terms

See also

• korea (senses beautiful or chorea)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈʀeːaː/

Proper noun

Korea n ‎(genitive Koreas, plural Korea)

1. Korea

Usage notes

• The plural refers to both Südkorea (Republik Korea) and Nordkorea (Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea), and does occur in forms like "die beiden Korea".

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Korean 고려 ‎(goryeo)

Proper noun

Korea

1. Korea (region and former country in East Asia, now divided into North Korea and South Korea)

Related terms

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Korean 고려 ‎(goryeo)

Proper noun

Korea

1. Korea (region and former country in East Asia, now divided into North Korea and South Korea)

Related terms

• Nord-Korea, Sør-Korea
• korean, koreanar, nordkorean, nordkoreanar, sørkorean, sørkoreanar
• koreansk, nordkoreansk, sørkoreansk

Polish

Map of Korea

Etymology

From Korean 고려 ‎(goryeo)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈrɛa/

Proper noun

Korea f

1. Korea

Declension

Derived terms

• Koreańczyk m, Koreanka f
• adjective: koreański

Related terms

• Korea Północna, Korea Południowa

Swedish

Etymology

From Korean 고려 ‎(goryeo)

Noun

Korea

1. Korea

See also

• Nordkorea
• Sydkorea
• korean
• koreansk
• koreanska

Esperanto

Adjective

korea ‎(accusative singular korean, plural koreaj, accusative plural koreajn)

1. Korean (of or pertaining to Korean people, the Korean language, or the Korean Peninsula)
2. (la korea) Short for la korea lingvo ‎(“the Korean language”).

Hyponyms

• nordkorea ‎(“North Korean”)
• sudkorea ‎(“South Korean”)

Hypernyms

• azia ‎(“Asian”)

Related terms

• koree ‎(“in Korean”)
• koreano ‎(“a Korean person”)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ko‧re‧a

Etymology 1

Adjective

korea ‎(comparative koreampi, superlative korein)

1. beautiful, decorated

Declension

Synonyms

• kruusattu

Derived terms

• koreasti
• koreilla
• koreus

Etymology 2

Noun

korea

1. the Korean language

Declension

Synonyms

• korean kieli

Related terms

• Korea
• korealainen
• koreankielinen

Etymology 3

Noun

korea

1. (pathology) chorea

Declension

Synonyms

• Huntingtonin tauti
• tanssitauti