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KOREAN WAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A war between North and South Korea; South Korea was aided by the United States and other members of the United Nations; 1950-1953
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)
Meronyms (parts of "Korean War"):
Inchon (a battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon)
Yalu River (a battle in the Korean War (November 1950); when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River 200,000 Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back)
Domain region:
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)
