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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 1948play

    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)

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