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SOUTH KOREA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948
Synonyms:
Republic of Korea; South Korea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)
Meronyms (parts of "South Korea"):
capital of South Korea; Seoul (the capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia; located in northwestern South Korea)
Chemulpo; Incheon; Inchon (a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea)
Kwangju (city in southwestern South Korea; an important military base during the Korean War)
Taegu; Tegu (a city in southeastern South Korea)
Pusan (a city in southeastern South Korea on the Korean Strait; the chief port and second largest city)
Domain member region:
Inchon (a battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon)
Holonyms ("South Korea" is a part of...):
Dae-Han-Min-Gook; Han-Gook; Korea; Korean Peninsula (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)
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)
Derivation:
South Korean (of or relating to or characteristic of South Korea or its people)
