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KOREAN PENINSULA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Dae-Han-Min-Gook; Han-Gook; Korea; Korean Peninsula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)
Meronyms (parts of "Korean Peninsula"):
D.P.R.K.; Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK; North Korea (a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948)
Republic of Korea; South Korea (a republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948)
Domain member region:
Chino-Japanese War; Sino-Japanese War (a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur)
Korean War (a war between North and South Korea; South Korea was aided by the United States and other members of the United Nations; 1950-1953)
Instance hyponyms:
Chosen (the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945))
Holonyms ("Korean Peninsula" is a part of...):
Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)
