ALL meanings of korea
Ko·re·a
K k - noun 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; now divided at 38° N into North Korea and South Korea. Compare Korean War. 1
- noun korea Democratic People's Republic of, official name of North Korea. 1
- noun korea Republic of, official name of South Korea. 1
- noun korea Asian peninsula 1
- noun korea former country in Asia 1
- noun korea 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 0
- noun korea peninsula & country in E Asia, extending south from NE China: divided (1948) into a) Korean People's Democratic Republic (North Korea) occupying the N half of the peninsula: 47,399 sq mi (122,762 sq km); pop. 23,030,000; cap. Pyongyang, and b) Republic of Korea (South Korea) occupying the S half of the peninsula: 38,326 sq mi (99,263 sq km); pop. 43,412,000; cap. Seoul 0