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Corea
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corea coreá coreà
English
Pronunciation
en iːə 3
Proper noun
en Korea.
en 1669 1665 John Nievhoff w:John Ogilby An embassy from the East-India Company An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-126081-3026/ nl John Macock London 407084353 6 https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-126081-3026/page/n17/ All China was formerly divided by the Chineſe Emperour Xunus into 12 Provinces; afterwards the Emperour Yua, who took upon him the Government after the death of Xunus, about 260 years before the Incarnation of our Saviour, reduced all China into Nine Provinces, which only at that time comprehended the Northern Parts of China, and had for their Confines the River Kiang. But after that they had Conquered the Southern parts by degrees, and had ſomewhat civilized the Inhabitants, the whole Kingdom of China was divided into 15 Provinces : Amongſt theſe alſo they reckon the Province of Leaotung, which is ſituated on the Weſt of Peking, where the great Wall begins, and the Hanging Iſland of Corea; both which pay Tribute to the Emperour.
en 1699 William Dampier A New Voyage round the World http://books.google.com/books?id=adsNAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA274&dq=Corea 274 I would take the ſame method if I was to go to diſcover the North Eaſt Paſſage. I would winter about Japan, Corea, or the North Eaſt part of China; and taking the Spring and Summer before me, I would make my firſt trial on the Coaſt of Tartary [...]
en 1788 unknown Jean-Baptiste Grosier A General Description of China http://books.google.com/books?id=Lm89AAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA245&dq=Corea 245 The Mantchews, thus maſters of Corea, endeavoured to compel their new ſubjects to ſhave their heads, after their manner, and to adopt the Tartar dreſs.
en April 7, 1888 'The Hermit Land.' w:Chambers's Journal Fifth Series https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qe7NAAAAMAAJ/ V 223 1088024082 209 https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qe7NAAAAMAAJ/page/n218/ The Amnok, called also the Yalu, is a fine river which divides Corea from Manchuria.
en 1922 Elizabeth F. Parker Amber http://books.google.com/books?id=W_EPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA12&dq=Corea 12 In the latter country it is mostly black and known as Whitby jet, while in Corea and Japan it is red in color and opaque.
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Usage notes
1999, Keith Pratt and Richard Rutt with additional material by James Hoare, Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary, Routledge, page 232
'Corea' (1613) soon became normal, but 'Korea' appears as early as 1738 and was generally accepted in the 19th century, though 'Corea' lingered as a rarity until 1940.
en 2004 Andrew C. Nahm; James E. Hoare Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea Scarecrow Press 95–96 In the late 1990s, a number of South Koreans began to claim that the Japanese had deliberately fostered the use of Korea rather than Corea so that Japan would be listed before Korea in country lists. [...]
en 2006 Samuel S. Kim The Two Koreas and the Great Powers Cambridge University Press 50 [T]he spelling of Korea with a "K" is sometimes alleged to be a Japanese invention from the colonial period so that Korea would follow Japan in alphabetical listings in the Roman alphabet.
Further reading
Corea, Korea
Anagrams
en aceor Acero Arceo ocrea
Asturian
ast:
Proper noun
f
ast two <<countries>> of <<r/East Asia>>, North Korea and South Korea ; the <<peninsula>> containing these two countries Korea
Related terms
ast coreanu
Catalan
ca:
Pronunciation
é
ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Marvives-Corea.wav Barcelona
Proper noun
f
ca two <<countries>> of <<r/East Asia>>, North Korea and South Korea ; the <<peninsula>> containing these two countries Korea
Derived terms
ca coreà
ca Corea del Nord, ca República Popular Democràtica de Corea
ca Corea del Sud, ca República de Corea
Galician
gl:
Proper noun
f
gl two <<countries>> of <<r/East Asia>>, North Korea and South Korea ; the <<peninsula>> containing these two countries Korea
Italian
it:
Pronunciation
Corèa
Proper noun
f
it two <<countries>> of <<r/East Asia>>, North Korea and South Korea ; the <<peninsula>> containing these two countries Korea
Derived terms
it coreano
Anagrams
it aceor acero
it exonyms
Latin
Etymology
Ultimately from la pt Corela -ia. la
Pronunciation
Corēa
Proper noun
Corēa<1>
la New Latin la two <<countries>> of <<r/East Asia>>, North Korea and South Korea ; the <<peninsula>> containing these two countries Korea
Declension
Corēa<1>
Meronyms
la Pohangum
la Pusanum
la Seulum
la Taeguum
la Taeieonum
Derived terms
la Corēa Merīdiāna f
la Corēa Septentriōnālis f
la corēānicus
la corēānus, la Corēānus, la korēānus (adj. Korean)
la koraiēnsis
Romansh
Etymology
From rm ko ^고려.
Proper noun
f
rm two <<countries>> of <<r/East Asia>>, North Korea and South Korea ; the <<peninsula>> containing these two countries Korea
Derived terms
rm corean
rm Corean
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es two <<countries>> of <<r/East Asia>>, North Korea and South Korea ; the <<peninsula>> containing these two countries Korea
es
Derived terms
es ardilla de Corea Corea del Norte Corea del Sur coreano República Popular Democrática de Corea República de Corea
es exonyms
Welsh
cy:
Etymology
From cy en Korea, en Corea, from cy nl Core. Ultimately from cy ko ^고려(高麗).
Pronunciation
cy /kɔˈreː.a/
cy reːa 3
Proper noun
f
cy two <<countries>> of <<r/East Asia>>, North Korea and South Korea ; the <<peninsula>> containing these two countries Korea
Derived terms
cy Coread<t:Korean person> Coreaidd<t:Korean> Corëeg<t:Korean language> De Corea<t:South Korea> Gogledd Corea<t:South Korea> Gweriniaeth Corea<t:Republic of Korea> Gweriniaeth Pobl Ddemocrataidd Corea<t:People's Democratic Republic of Korea>
Mutation
cy exonyms