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Korean War
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Proper noun
Korean War 1
en historical A war fought in the Korean Peninsula from 1950–1953 between the Soviet Union-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United Nations-backed Republic of Korea.
en 1978 Kołakowski Leszek Leszek Kołakowski w:Main Currents of Marxism III: The Breakdown pl Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład P[aul] S[teven] Falla 1976 w:Clarendon Press w:Oxford 9780198245704 59183135 141 https://archive.org/details/maincurrentsofma00kola/page/141 In the first few days of the Korean War, when international tension was at its height, Stalin added to his existing titles as the leader of progressive humanity, the supreme philosopher, scientist, strategist, etc., the further distinction of being the world's greatest philologist.
en pedantic A situation of formal war that is de jure in progress since the 1950s on the Korean Peninsula, that has not had a formal resolution and peace treaty, but only has a longstanding armistice in place.
Derived terms
en First Korean War
en Second Korean War
Translations
war lasting from 1950 to 1953
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 朝鮮戰爭 Cháoxiǎn zhànzhēng, cmn 韓戰, cmn 抗美援朝 after Chinese intervention
Czech: cs korejská válka f
Finnish: fi Korean sota
French: fr Guerre de Corée f
German: de Koreakrieg m
Hindi: hi कोरियाई युद्ध m
Japanese: ja 朝鮮戦争 ちょうせんせんそう, Chōsen sensō
Korean: ko ^한국전쟁(韓國戰爭), ko 6.25 yugio Kore, ko 육이오(六二五), ko ^조선전쟁(朝鮮戰爭), ko ^조국해방전쟁(祖國解放戰爭) North Korea, ko 6·25 yugio Kore
Lithuanian: lt Korėjos karas m
Marathi: mr कोरियन युद्ध n
Mongolian: mn Солонгосын дайн
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira جَنْگِ کُرِه
Russian: ru Коре́йская война́ f
Spanish: es Guerra de Corea f
Swedish: sv koreakrig n
Thai: th สงครามเกาหลี
Turkish: tr Kore Savaşı
Urdu: ur کورِیائِی جَن٘گ f koriyāī jang
Anagrams
en aaeknorrw rawranoke
en Cold War Wars