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Korea en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /kəˈɹiːə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /kəˈɹɪjə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• [kʰəˈɹɪjə] (British, Southern, Standard)
• /kəˈɾi.ə/ (Scotland)
• [kʰəˈɾiːə] (Wales)
• [kʰəˈɹiːə] (Received-Pronunciation)
• [kʰəˈɹi.ə] (US)
• /koˈɹiːɐ/ (Philippines)
• /kəˈɾiːə/ (Wales)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [kʰəˈɾi.ə] (Scotland)
• /kəˈɹi.ə/ (US)
• [koˈɹiːɐ] (Philippines)

Etymology

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. The spelling Corea was more common in Early Modern English, likely through Core + -ia. Ultimately a sixteenth-century borrowing by Europeans from some variety of Chinese. Compare Mandarin 高麗 /高丽 (Gāolí) but especially Hokkien 高麗 /高丽 (Ko-lê), which matches the Dutch-Portuguese vowels exactly. These are Chinese pronunciations of Sino-Korean 고려(高麗) (Goryeo), Korea's official name between 918 and 1394 and still used by Chinese people to refer to the country for centuries thereafter; this itself being a shortening of 高句麗 (“Goguryeo”), an ancient Korean kingdom in the first millennium. Doublet of Goryeo, directly from Korean. Some Korean authors claim an Arabic intermediary instead, but this is impossible because the actual medieval Arabic word for Korea was a variant of السيلى (al-sīlā, see also Silla).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A geographic region in East Asia, consisting of two countries, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country.
   • Then I told the delegates of the trip which I had taken with my wife, Jane, into Korea on the previous Thanksgiving, and of how I had celebrated my seventy-fourth birthday on the snowy mountains of Korea, eating from a mess kit with the men in uniform. 1954, Alben W. Barkley, “What Happened at Chicago”, in That Reminds Me, Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 246:
   • After the death of the empreſs Papûſha he had been baniſhed into Korea, from whence he was removed to Quey-lin Fû, the capital of Quang-ſi. 1780, “The Hiſtory of Jenghîz Khan's Succeſſors in Tartary and China”, in The Modern Part of an Univerſal History from the Earlieſt Accounts to the Preſent Time, volume IV, page 297:
2. (countable, informal, uncountable) A geographic region in East Asia, consisting of two countries, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country. ▸ South Korea: A country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.
3. (countable, rare, uncountable) A geographic region in East Asia, consisting of two countries, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country. ▸ North Korea: A country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea.
4. (countable, uncountable) A peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula.

Forms

Deriveds

People's Republic of Korea · Koreagate · Republic of Korea · Koreaboo · North Korea · Democratic People's Republic of Korea · Koreatown · Juche Korea · Korean · Koreaphile · Korea Passing · People's Korea · Korea Bay · South Korea · Best Korea · Worst Korea

Descendants

Corea · Korea · Kuriya · Korea · ᠺᠣᠷᠢᠶᠠ (South Korea)

Translations (165)

ti ኮርያ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · hy Կորեա (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · et Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · bo ཀོ་རི་ཡ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · szl Koryjo (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ne कोरिया (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ar كُورِيَا (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ryu 韓国 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · fi Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ka კორეა (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ryu 高麗 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · my ကိုရီးယား (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · cdo 韓國 /韩国 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · tk Koreýa (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · th เกาหลี (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · za Cauzsenh (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · luy Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ja 韓国 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · mn Гуулин (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · kmr Kore (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · id Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · lo ເກົາຫຼີ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · mer Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · kmr Qore (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · haw Kōlea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · kln Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · tl Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ug چاۋشيەن (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ki ko (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · cu Корєꙗ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · pt Coreia (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · sh Koréja (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ar كُورْيَا (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · nn Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · sv Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ms Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · crh Koreya (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ko 조선 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ml കൊറിയ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · cmn 韓國 /韩国 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · fo Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · nl Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · sl Korêja (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · rue Коре́я (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · mi Koria (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · an Corea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · kam Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ca Corea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · scn Corea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · pl Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · sq Koreja (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · sw Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · tg Куриё (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · vls Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · lo ເກົາຫລີ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · mn Солонгос (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · dng Чощян (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · cs Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · el Κορέα (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · gl Corea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · prs کورِیَا (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · he קוֹרֵיאָה (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · hi कोरिया (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · sk Kórea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ga an Chóiré (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · eo Koreio (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · acw كوريا (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · tg Корея (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · wuu 高麗 /高丽 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ota قوره (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ia Corea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · otk 𐰲𐰇𐰞𐰍𐰞 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ko 우리나라 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · cmn 高麗 /高丽 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ab Кореа (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · kk Корея (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · es Corea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · kn ಕೊರಿಯಾ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ja コリア (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · bcl Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · lv Koreja (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · sc Corea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ta கொரியா (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · yue 韓國 /韩国 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · luo Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · or କୋରିଆ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · am ኮርያ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · si කොරියාව (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · uz Koreya (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · be Карэ́я (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · os Корей (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · za Hanzgoz (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · nb Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · hsb Koreja (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · mnc ᠴᠣᠣᡥᡳᠶᠠᠨ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ast Corea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · cdo 高麗 /高丽 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · wuu 韓國 /韩国 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · mr कोरिया (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · cy Corea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · io Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · af Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · de Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · fa-ira کُرِه (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · sco Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · bn কোরিয়া (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · mk Коре́ја (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · km កូរ៉េ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · vi Triều Tiên (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ru Коре́я (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · dv ކޮރެއާ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · mn ᠰᠣᠯᠤᠩᠭᠤᠰ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · bug ᨀᨚᨑᨗᨕ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · as কোৰিয়া (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · vi Hàn Quốc (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · is Kórea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · hu Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · co Curea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · co Corea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · mt il-Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · sa कोरिया (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ja 高麗 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · it Corea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · uk Коре́я (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · yue 朝鮮 /朝鲜 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · yue 高麗 /高丽 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · yi קאָרעע (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ug كورىيە (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · te కొరియా (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · mnc ᠰᠣᠯᡥᠣ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ko 한국 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · az Koreya (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · sh Коре́ја (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ro Coreea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · kmr Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · lt Korėja (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ky Корея (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · csb Kòreja (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · an Coreya (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · gu કોરિયા (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · fy Koreä (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · aii ܟܘܿܪܝܼܵܐ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · bg Коре́я (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ja 朝鮮 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · vi Cao Lệ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · tr Kore (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · sq Kore (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · wuu 朝鮮 /朝鲜 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ur کورِیا (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · da Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · eo Koreujo (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · rm Corea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · xng 莎郎合思 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · zea Korea (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · vi Cao Ly (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · cdo 朝鮮 /朝鲜 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · oc Corèa (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · la Corēa (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · fur Coree (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · cmn 朝鮮 /朝鲜 (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · fr Corée (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · tt Корея (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · ps کوريا (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · pa ਕੋਰੀਆ (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) · dsb Koreja (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole)

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