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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-Gookplay

    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)

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