Korea
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Corea (now rare)
EtymologyEdit
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.
Ultimately a sixteenth-century borrowing by Europeans from some variety of Chinese—perhaps specifically Mandarin 高麗／高丽 (Gāolí) or Compare Hokkien 高麗／高丽 (Ko-lê)—after Sino-Korean 고려(高麗) (Goryeo), which was Korea's official name between 918 and 1394 and continued to be commonly used by Chinese people to refer to the country for centuries thereafter. This was itself a shortening of 高句麗／高句丽 (“Goguryeo”), an ancient Korean kingdom in the first millennium, which took its name from a tribe called gauri (the centre), whose modern form is 가운데 (gaunde). Doublet of Goryeo, directly from Korean.
The earliest form in Europe was probably William of Rubruck's Medieval Latin Caule (clearly from Early Mandarin), but this is not ancestral to the modern European names. Some Korean authors claim an Arabic intermediary instead, but the actual medieval Arabic word for Korea was a variant of السيلى (al-sīlā, see also Silla).
The spelling Corea was more common in Early Modern English, likely through Core + -ia.
PronunciationEdit
- (US) IPA(key): /kəˈɹi.ə/, [kʰɵˈɹi.ə]
- (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈɹiːə/, [kʰɵˈɹiːə]
- Homophone: career (non-rhotic)
- Homophone: chorea
- Rhymes: -iːə
Audio (UK) (file)
Proper nounEdit
Korea (countable and uncountable, plural Koreas)
- A nation in East Asia. Since World War II, Korea has been divided into two sovereign states, commonly called South Korea and North Korea.
- 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, Barkley, Alben W., “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.
- (informal) The Republic of Korea (South Korea).
- (informal) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
- (informal) The Korean Peninsula.
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
TranslationsEdit
ancient country or both Koreas as a whole
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South Korea — see South Korea
North Korea — see North Korea
See alsoEdit
Names of Korea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
AnagramsEdit
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Korea f
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Korea
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately, from Korean 고려 (Goryeo).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Korea n
Derived termsEdit
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately, from Korean 고려 (Goryeo).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Korea n
DeclensionEdit
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Korea |
| Accusative | Korea |
| Dative | Korea |
| Genitive | Korea |
Derived termsEdit
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Korea
Usage notesEdit
- Plural may be used of North and South Korea collectively.
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of Korea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Korea | Koreat | |
| genitive | Korean | Koreoiden Koreoitten | |
| partitive | Koreaa | Koreoita | |
| illative | Koreaan | Koreoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Korea | Koreat | |
| accusative | nom. | Korea | Koreat |
| gen. | Korean | ||
| genitive | Korean | Koreoiden Koreoitten Koreainrare | |
| partitive | Koreaa | Koreoita | |
| inessive | Koreassa | Koreoissa | |
| elative | Koreasta | Koreoista | |
| illative | Koreaan | Koreoihin | |
| adessive | Korealla | Koreoilla | |
| ablative | Korealta | Koreoilta | |
| allative | Korealle | Koreoille | |
| essive | Koreana | Koreoina | |
| translative | Koreaksi | Koreoiksi | |
| instructive | — | Koreoin | |
| abessive | Koreatta | Koreoitta | |
| comitative | — | Koreoineen | |
| Possessive forms of Korea (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Koreani | Koreamme |
| 2nd person | Koreasi | Koreanne |
| 3rd person | Koreansa | |
SynonymsEdit
- (current state): Etelä-Korea, Pohjois-Korea
- (peninsula): Korean niemimaa
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- korea (senses beautiful or chorea)
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Korea n (genitive Koreas, plural Korea)
Usage notesEdit
- The plural refers to both Südkorea (Republik Korea) and Nordkorea (Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea), and does occur in forms like "die beiden Korea".
Further readingEdit
- “Korea” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Korea
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Korea | — |
| accusative | Koreát | — |
| dative | Koreának | — |
| instrumental | Koreával | — |
| causal-final | Koreáért | — |
| translative | Koreává | — |
| terminative | Koreáig | — |
| essive-formal | Koreaként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Koreában | — |
| superessive | Koreán | — |
| adessive | Koreánál | — |
| illative | Koreába | — |
| sublative | Koreára | — |
| allative | Koreához | — |
| elative | Koreából | — |
| delative | Koreáról | — |
| ablative | Koreától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Koreáé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Koreáéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Korea | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Koreám | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Koreád | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Koreája | — |
| 1st person plural | Koreánk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Koreátok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Koreájuk | — |
Derived termsEdit
(Compound words):
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Malay Korea, ultimately from Sino-Korean 고려 (高麗, ^goryeo).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Korea
CompoundsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “Korea” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
Proper nounEdit
Korea
- Korea (region and former country in East Asia, now divided into North Korea and South Korea)
Related termsEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
Proper nounEdit
Korea
- Korea (region and former country in East Asia, now divided into North Korea and South Korea)
Related termsEdit
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Korea f
- (historical) Korea (“an ancient country in East Asia”)
- (informal) Korea (two countries in East Asia, North Korea and South Korea)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Korea
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
SwahiliEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper nounEdit
Korea
Derived termsEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Korea n (genitive Koreas)
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English Korea and/or Spanish Corea, with the root ultimately from Sino-Korean 고려 (高麗, ^goryeo).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Korea (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜒᜌ)
- The Korean Peninsula
- Korea (region and former country in East Asia, now divided into North Korea and South Korea)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “Korea”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018