South Korea

English

Map showing location of South Korea

Etymology

From south +‎ Korea, due to its southerly position on the Korean peninsula.

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -iːə

Proper noun

South Korea

A country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. Official name: Republic of Korea.

Translations

a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula

Abkhaz: Аладатәи Кореа (Aladatʷʼi Kʼorea)
Afrikaans: Suid-Korea
Albanian: Koreja e Jugut f
Amharic: ደቡብ ኮርያ (däbub korya)
Arabic: كُورِيَا الْجَنُوبِيَّة‎ f (kōriyā l-janūbiyya), كُورِيَا الْجَنُوبِيَّة‎ f (kūriyā l-janūbiyya)
Armenian: Հարավային Կորեա (Haravayin Korea)
Asturian: Corea del Sur (ast)
Azerbaijani: Cənubi Koreya
Bashkir: Көньяҡ Корея (Kön’yaq Koreya)
Belarusian: Паўднёвая Карэ́я f (Paŭdnjóvaja Karéja)
Bengali: দক্ষিণ কোরিয়া (bn) (dôkhiṇ koriya)
Breton: Korea ar Su
Bulgarian: Ю́жна Коре́я (bg) f (Júžna Koréja)
Burmese: တောင်ကိုရီးယား (taungkuiri:ya:), ကိုရီးယားသမ္မတ (kuiri:ya:samma.ta.)
Catalan: Corea del Sud (ca) f,
Chinese:
Cantonese: 韓國／韩国 (yue), 韩国 (hon⁴ gwok³), 南韓／南韩, 南韩 (naam⁴ hon⁴)

Mandarin: 韓國／韩国 (zh) (Hánguó), 南韓／南韩 (zh) (Nánhán)
Corsican: Corea di u Sudu f, Curea di u Sudu f
Crimean Tatar: Cenübiy Koreya
Czech: Jižní Korea (cs) f
Danish: Sydkorea (da) n
Dhivehi: ދެކުނު ކޮރެއާ‎ (dekunu koreā)
Dutch: Zuid-Korea (nl) n
Esperanto: Sud-Koreio, Koreio Suda, Koreujo Sud-Koreujo, Koreujo Suda
Estonian: Lõuna-Korea (et)
Faroese: Suðurkorea n
Finnish: Etelä-Korea (fi), Korean tasavalta (fi)
French: Corée du Sud (fr) f
Galician: Corea do Sur (gl)
Georgian: სამხრეთი კორეა (samxreti ḳorea)
German: Südkorea (de) n
Greek: Νότια Κορέα (el) f (Nótia Koréa)
Greenlandic: Korea Kujalleq
Gujarati: દક્ષિણ કોરિયા (dakṣiṇ koriyā)
Hausa: Koriya ta Kudu
Hawaiian: Kōlea Hema
Hebrew: דְּרוֹם קוֹרֵיאָה‎ f (dróm koréa), קוריאה הדרומית‎ f (koréa ha-dromít)
Hindi: दक्षिण कोरिया (hi) m (dakṣiṇ koriyā)
Hungarian: Dél-Korea (hu)
Icelandic: Suður-Kórea (is) f
Indonesian: Korea Selatan (id)
Interlingua: Corea del Sud
Irish: An Chóiré Theas f, Poblacht na Cóiré f
Italian: Corea del Sud (it) f
Japanese: 韓国 (ja) (かんこく, Kankoku), コリア (Koria)
Kannada: ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕೊರಿಯಾ (dakṣiṇa koriyā)
Kazakh: Оңтүстік Корея (Oñtüstık Koreä)
Khmer: កូរ៉េខាងត្បូង (km) (kouree khaang tboung)
Korean: (in South Korea) 남한(南韓) (ko) (Namhan), (in North Korea) 남조선(南朝鮮) (ko) (Namjoseon), 한국(韓國) (ko) (Han'guk), 코리아 (Koria), 우리나라 (ko) (Urinara)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Koreya Başûr (ku)
Kyrgyz: Түштүк Корея (ky) (Tüştük Koreya)
Lao: ເກົາຫລີໃຕ້ (kao lī tai)
Latvian: Dienvidkoreja f
Lithuanian: Pietų Korėja (lt) f
Macedonian: Јужна Коре́ја (mk) f (Južna Koréja)
Malay: Korea Selatan (ms)
Malayalam: ദക്ഷിണ കൊറിയ (dakṣiṇa koṟiya)
Maltese: il-Korea t'Isfel
Marathi: दक्षिण कोरिया (dakṣiṇ koriyā)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Өмнөд Солонгос (mn) (Ömnöd Solongos)

Mongolian: ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠳᠦ
ᠰᠣᠯᠤᠩᠭᠤᠰ (emünedü soluŋɣus)
Navajo: Shádiʼááhjí Binááʼádaałtsʼózí Dineʼé Bikéyah Yázhí
Nepali: दक्षिण कोरिया (dakṣiṇ koriyā)
Norman: Corée du Sud f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Sør-Korea (no) n
Occitan: Corèa del Sud f
Okinawan: 韓国 (くゎんくく, Kwankuku)
Oriya: ଦକ୍ଷିଣ କୋରିଆ (dôkṣiṇô koria)
Ossetian: Хуссар Корей (Xussar Korej)
Pashto: سويلي کوريا‎ f (soeli koryā)
Persian: کرۀ جنوبی‎ (fa) (kore-ye jonubi)
Picard: Corée dech Sud
Polish: Korea Południowa (pl) f
Portuguese: Coreia do Sul (pt) f
Punjabi: ਦੱਖਣੀ ਕੋਰੀਆ (dakkhaṇī korīā)
Rarotongan: Kōrea Tonga
Romanian: Coreea de Sud (ro) f
Romansch: Corea dal Sid f
Russian: Ю́жная Коре́я (ru) f (Júžnaja Koréja)
Scots: Sooth Korea
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ју̑жна̄ Корѐја f

Roman: Jȗžnā Korèja (sh) f
Silesian: Połedńowo Koryjo f
Sinhalese: දකුණු කොරියාව (dakuṇu koriyāwa)
Slovak: Južná Kórea f
Slovene: Južna Koreja f
Spanish: Corea del Sur (es)
Swahili: Korea ya Kusini, Korea Kusini
Swedish: Sydkorea (sv) n
Tagalog: Timog Korea
Tajik: Қурияи Ҷанубӣ (Quriyayi Janubī), Кореяи Ҷанубӣ (tg) (Koreyayi Janubī)
Tamil: தென் கொரியா (teṉ koriyā)
Tatar: Көньяк Корея (Kön’yak Qoreya)
Telugu: దక్షిణ కొరియా (te) (dakṣiṇa koriyā)
Thai: เกาหลีใต้ (th) (gao-lǐi-dtâai)
Tibetan: ལྷོ་ཀོ་རི་ཡ (lho ko ri ya)
Turkish: Güney Kore (tr)
Turkmen: Günorta Koreýa
Ukrainian: Півде́нна Коре́я (uk) f (Pivdénna Koréja)
Urdu: جنوبی کوریا‎ m (junūbī koriyā)
Uyghur: جەنۇبىي چاۋشيەن‎ (jenubiy chawshyen)
Uzbek: Janubiy Koreya (uz)
Vietnamese: Hàn Quốc (vi) (韓國), Nam Hàn
West Frisian: Súd-Koreä n
Yiddish: דרום קאָרעע‎ f (dorem koree)
Yoruba: Ariwa Kọria
Zhuang: Hanzgoz

Republic of Korea — see Republic of Korea