Korea

• Corea (now rare)

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced? Particularly: “Missing sources”) 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).

• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹi.ə/, [kʰɵˈɹi.ə]
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹiːə/, [kʰɵˈɹiːə]
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /koˈɹiːɐ/, [koˈɹiːɐ]

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• Homophones: chorea (general), career (in fast non-rhotic speech)
• Rhymes: -iːə

Korea (countable and uncountable, plural Koreas)

2. A geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country.
   • 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^[1], volume IV, page 297:

     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.

   • 1954, Alben W. Barkley, “What Happened at Chicago”, in That Reminds Me‎^[2], Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 246:

     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.

   1. (informal) South Korea: A country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.
   2. (rare) North Korea: A country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of .
4. A peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula.

• → Welsh: Corea

• Names of Korea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• keora, oaker

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorɛa]

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Korea f (relational adjective korejský, demonym Korejec, female demonym Korejka)

1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)

• “Korea”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Korea”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Korea”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Ultimately, from Korean 고려 (Goryeo).

• IPA^(key): /ˌkoːˈreː.aː/

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• Hyphenation: Ko‧rea

Korea n

1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)

• Koreaan
• Koreaoorlog
• Noord-Korea
• Zuid-Korea

Ultimately, from Korean 고려 (Goryeo).

• IPA^(key): /kʰoˈɹeː.a/

Korea n

1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)

• koreanskur
• Norðurkorea
• Suðurkorea

From Korean 고려 (Goryeo).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoreɑ/, [ˈko̞re̞ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -oreɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ko‧re‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): Ko‧rea

Korea

1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)

   Synonyms: Etelä-Korea (“South Korea”), Pohjois-Korea (“North Korea”)

2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)

   Synonym: Korean niemimaa (“Korean Peninsula”)

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

• korea (senses beautiful or chorea)

• IPA^(key): /koˈʁeːaː/

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Korea n (genitive Koreas, plural Korea)

1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)

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

• “Korea” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorɛɒ]
• Hyphenation: Ko‧rea
• Rhymes: -ɒ

Korea

1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)

• koreai

(Compound words):

• Dél-Korea
• Észak-Korea

From Malay Korea, ultimately from Sino-Korean 고려(高麗) (Goryeo).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /koˈrea/ [koˈre.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: Ko‧re‧a

Koréa

1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)

• “Korea” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Ultimately from Sino-Korean 고려(高麗) (Goryeo).

• (Johor) IPA^(key): /koˈriə/ [koˈri.ə]

• (Penang, Riau-Lingga, Bahasa Baku) IPA^(key): /koˈria/ [koˈri.a]
• Rhymes: -ia

Korea (Jawi spelling کوريا)

1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)

• Indonesian: Korea

• “Korea” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Korean 고려 (Goryeo).

Korea

1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)

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

From Korean 고려 (Goryeo).

Korea

1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)

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

From Korean 고려 (Goryeo).

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈrɛ.a/

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• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Syllabification: Ko‧re‧a

Korea f

1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)

• Półwysep Koreański

• Korea in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Korea in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Korea

1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)

• Korea ya Kaskazini
• Korea ya Kusini

From Korean 고려 (Goryeo).

• IPA^(key): /kʊ²reːa/
• Rhymes: -²eːa

Korea n (genitive Koreas)

1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)

• Nordkorea
• Sydkorea
• korean
• koreansk
• koreanska

• Korea in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

• arkeo-

Borrowed from Spanish Corea. Ultimately from Korean 고려(高麗) (Goryeo).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /koˈɾea/ [koˈɾɛː.ɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ea
    • Homophones: Correa, korea
  • IPA^(key): /koˈɾia/ [koˈɾiː.ɐ] (English influence)
    • Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: Ko‧re‧a

Korea (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜒᜌ)

1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)

• “Korea”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018