korea strait

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Definition of korea strait in English English dictionary

A strait between Korea and Japan, connecting the East China Sea with the Sea of Japan

A channel between southeast South Korea and southwest Japan. It connects the East China Sea with the Sea of Japan. Channel between South Korea and southwestern Japan. Connecting the East China Sea with the Sea of Japan (East Sea), it is 120 mi (195 km) wide and is divided by the Tsushima islands at its centre. Its passage to the east is known as Tsushima Strait, site of the Battle of Tsushima (1905); to the west it is called the Western Channel

Hyphenation

Ko·re·a strait

Turkish pronunciation

kôriı streyt

Pronunciation

/kôˈrēə ˈstrāt/ /kɔːˈriːə ˈstreɪt/