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Definition of 'korea'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Korea
a 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.

2. Korea
Democratic People's Republic of,

3. Korea
Republic of,

Definition of 'korea'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Korea, Korean Peninsula, Dae-Han-Min-Gook, Han-Gook
an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook

Definition of 'korea'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. korea
Former kingdom, located on Korea Peninsula between Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea on east coast of Asia. In 1948, the kingdom ceased and two independent countries were formed, divided by the 38th parallel.

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