korean

Definition of korean in English English dictionary: Of or related to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea; Designation given to the indigenous or naturalized people occupying the Korean Peninsula on the Asian continent, in either North Korea or South Korea; Official language of the people residing on the Korean Peninsula, and language of approximately 60 million people, in Asia, North America, and elsewhere; A Korean is a North or South Korean citizen, or a person of North or South Korean origin; {i} resident of Korea, citizen of Korea; {s} of or pertaining to Korea, of Korean origin; Korean means belonging or relating to North or South Korea, or to their people, language, or culture; {i} language spoken in Korea; Korean is the language spoken by people who live in North and South Korea. Korean language Korean War Tonghak Korean: Eastern Learning; the Altaic language spoken by the Korean people a native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean language of or relating to or characteristic of Korea or its people or language; "Korean handicrafts; a native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean language; the Altaic language spoken by the Korean people; of or relating to or characteristic of Korea or its people or language; "Korean handicrafts"
Korean English: A dialect of the English language that is chiefly spoken in the Republic of Korea. Compare British English, American English
Korean Peninsula: A peninsula in eastern Asia containing North Korea and South Korea
Korean War: A war fought in the Korean Peninsula from 1950-1953
Korean wave: The popularity of South Korean popular culture in other Asian countries
Korean waves: plural form of Korean wave
Korean English: {i} Konglish, dialect of English language spoken in Korea
Korean War: A conflict that lasted from 1950 to 1953 between North Korea, aided by China, and South Korea, aided by United Nations forces consisting primarily of U.S. troops. a war between Chinese and North Korean forces on one side and UN and South Korean forces on the other. The war began in 1950 and ended in 1953, with neither side having won. (1950-53) Conflict arising after the post-World War II division of Korea, at latitude 38° N, into North Korea and South Korea. At the end of World War II, Soviet forces accepted the surrender of Japanese forces north of that line, as U.S. forces accepted Japanese surrender south of it. Negotiations failed to reunify the two halves, the northern half being a Soviet client state and the southern half being backed by the U.S. In 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea, and U.S. Pres. Harry Truman ordered troops to assist South Korea. The UN Security Council, minus the absent Soviet delegate, passed a resolution calling for the assistance of all UN members in halting the invasion. At first North Korean troops drove the South Korean and U.S. forces down to the southern tip of the Korean peninsula, but a brilliant amphibious landing at Inch' n, conceived by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, turned the tide in favour of the UN troops, who advanced near the border of North Korea and China. The Chinese then entered the war and drove the UN forces back south; the front line stabilized at the 38th parallel. MacArthur insisted on voicing his objections to U.S. war aims in a public manner and was relieved of his command by Truman. U.S. Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower participated in the conclusion of an armistice that accepted the front line as the de facto boundary between the two Koreas. The war resulted in the deaths of approximately 2,000,000 Koreans, 600,000 Chinese, 37,000 Americans, and 3,000 Turks, Britons, and other nationals in the UN forces
Korean citizen: {i} citizen of Korea
Korean language: Official language of North Korea and South Korea, spoken by more than 75 million people, including substantial communities of ethnic Koreans living elsewhere. Korean is not closely related to any other language, though a distant genetic kinship to Japanese is now thought probable by some scholars, and an even more remote relationship to the Altaic languages is possible. Korean was written with Chinese characters to stand in various ways for Korean meanings and sounds as early as the 12th century, though substantial documentation is not evident until the invention of a unique phonetic script for it in 1443. This script, now called Hangul, represents syllables by arranging simple symbols for each phoneme into a square form like that of a Chinese character. Grammatically, Korean has a basic subject-object-verb word order and places modifiers before the elements they modify
korean lawn grass: lawn grass common in China and Japan; grown also in United States
korean lespedeza: annual native to Korea but widely cultivated for forage and hay in hot dry regions
korean strait: a strait between Korea and Japan; connects the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan
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
Middle Korean: Korean in the 10th century to 16th century, or from the era of Goryeo to the middle of Joseon, based on the dialect of Kaesong because the new Goryeo dynasty moved its capital city to northern area of Korean peninsula
Modern Korean: The Korean language from the era of Japanese invasions of Korea up to the latter part of the Joseon Dynasty|Joseon Dynasty]] period
North Korean: Of, from, or pertaining to North Korea, the North Korean people or the North Korean language
North Korean: A person from North Korea or of North Korean descent
Old Korean: The language spoken in Korea and written in hanja, which evolved into Middle Korean by the 10th Century
Sino-Korean: Of or pertaining both to China and to Korea; being both Chinese and Korean
Sino-Korean: the Chinese-derived elements in the Korean language
Sino-Korean: Etymologically from or influenced by Chinese
South Korean: A person from South Korea or of South Korean descent
South Korean: Of, from, or pertaining to South Korea, the South Korean people or the South Korean language
south korean: a Korean from South Korea of or relating to or characteristic of South Korea or its people
Koreans: plural of Korean
Tonghak Korean: Eastern Learning: formerly Tonghak (Korean: "Eastern Learning") (Korean; "Religion of the Heavenly Way") Korean religion combining elements of Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, shamanism, and Roman Catholicism. Its basic principle that "man and God are one" is realized through faith in the unity of one's body and spirit and in the universality of God. Converts are instructed to meditate on God, pray upon leaving and entering home, dispel harmful thoughts, and worship God in church on Sundays. Ch'oe Che-u (1824-64) established the religion in 1860 after receiving inspiration from the Heavenly Emperor (Ch'ngju). His efforts at social change led to his execution. His successor, Ch'oe Si-hy ng, was executed following the Tonghak Uprising. Today Ch'ndogyo has about three million adherents
north korean: a Korean from North Korea of or relating to or characteristic of North Korea or its people or their culture
north korean monetary unit: monetary unit in North Korea
north korean won: the basic unit of money in North Korea
south korean monetary unit: monetary unit in South Korea
south korean won: the basic unit of money in South Korea