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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ko•re•a (kə rē′ə, kô-, kō-),USA pronunciation n. - Place Namesa former country in E Asia, on a peninsula SE of Manchuria and between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: a kingdom prior to 1910;
under Japanese rule 1910–45;
now divided at 38° N into North Korea and South Korea. Cf. Korean War. - Place Names Democratic People's Republic of, official name of North Korea.
- Place Names Republic of, official name of South Korea. Cf. North Korea, South Korea.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Korea /kəˈriːə/ n - a former country in E Asia, now divided into two separate countries, North Korea and South Korea. Korea occupied the peninsula between the Sea of Japan (East Sea) and the Yellow Sea: an isolated vassal of Manchu China for three centuries until the opening of ports to Japanese trade in 1876; gained independence in 1895; annexed to Japan in 1910 and divided in 1945 into two occupation zones (Russian in the north, American in the south), which became North Korea and South Korea in 1948
Japanese name (1910–45): Chosen
See North Korea, South Korea
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