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South Korea
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English
thumb|240px|Flag of South Korea
250px|thumb|Map showing location of South Korea
Etymology
From en south Korea 1, due to its southerly position on the en Korean peninsula.
Pronunciation
en /ˌsaʊθ kəˈɹiːə/
en en-us-South Korea.ogg US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-South Korea.wav UK
en iːə 4
Proper noun
South Korea
en Q884en country r/East Asia comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula Republic of Korea Seoul.
mul KOR KR
en 9 January 2024 South Korea bans dog meat trade for human consumption w:EFE https://web.archive.org/web/20240110013036/https://efe.com/en/other-news/2024-01-09/south-korea-bans-dog-meat-trade-for-human-consumption/ 10 January 2024 https://efe.com/en/other-news/2024-01-09/south-korea-bans-dog-meat-trade-for-human-consumption/ HSI data indicates that up to a million dogs are bred and sacrificed annually in South Korea for human consumption, even though demand is at a “historic low,” with about 6 million dogs residing in South Korean homes and 57 percent of the population supporting the ban.
Derived terms
en South Korean
Translations
a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Abkhaz: ab Аладатәи Кореа
Afrikaans: af Suid-Korea
Albanian: sq Kore e Jugut f, sq Koreja e Jugut f definite
Amharic: am ደቡብ ኮርያ
Arabic: ar كُورِيَا الْجَنُوبِيَّة f kōriyā l-janūbiyya definite, ar كُورِيَا الْجَنُوبِيَّة f definite
Armenian: hy Հարավային Կորեա
Assamese: as দক্ষিণ কোৰিয়া
Asturian: ast Corea del Sur
Azerbaijani: az Cənubi Koreya
Bashkir: ba Көньяҡ Корея
Basque: eu Hego Korea
Belarusian: be Паўднёвая Карэ́я f
Bengali: bn দক্ষিণ কোরিয়া
Breton: br Korea ar Su f, br Sukorea f, br Su Korea f
Bulgarian: bg Ю́жна Коре́я f
Burmese: my တောင်ကိုရီးယား, my ကိုရီးယားသမ္မတ
Buryat: bua Урда Солонгос
Carpathian Rusyn: rue Ю́жна Коре́я f
Catalan: ca Corea del Sud f,
Chechen: ce Къилба Корей
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 韓國, yue 南韓
Mandarin: cmn 韓國, cmn 南韓, cmn 南朝鮮 historical
Corsican: co Corea di u Sudu f, co Curea di u Sudu f
Crimean Tatar: crh Cenübiy Koreya
Czech: cs Jižní Korea f
Danish: da Sydkorea n
Dhivehi: dv ދެކުނު ކޮރެއާ
Dutch: nl Zuid-Korea n
Dzongkha: dz ལྷོ་ཀོ་རི་ཡ་
Esperanto: eo Sud-Koreio, eo Koreio Suda, eo Koreujo Sud-Koreujo, eo Koreujo Suda
Estonian: et Lõuna-Korea
Faroese: fo Suðurkorea n
Finnish: fi Etelä-Korea, fi Korean tasavalta
French: fr Corée du Sud f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Súd-Koreä n
Galician: gl Corea do Sur
Georgian: ka სამხრეთი კორეა
German: de Südkorea n
Greek: el Νότια Κορέα f
Greenlandic: kl Korea Kujalleq
Gujarati: gu દક્ષિણ કોરિયા
Haitian Creole: ht Kore disid
Hausa: ha Koriya ta Kudu
Hawaiian: haw Kōlea Hema
Hebrew: he דְּרוֹם קוֹרֵיאָה f dróm koréa, he קוריאה הדרומית f koréa ha-dromít
Hindi: hi दक्षिण कोरिया m
Hungarian: hu Dél-Korea
Icelandic: is Suður-Kórea f
Indonesian: id Korea Selatan
Ingush: inh ЗӀилбухера Корея
Interlingua: ia Corea del Sud
Irish: ga Cóiré Theas f
Italian: it Corea del Sud f
Japanese: ja 韓国 かんこく, Kankoku, ja コリア Koria
Kannada: kn ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕೊರಿಯಾ
Kashubian: csb Pôłniowô Kòreja f
Kazakh: kk Оңтүстік Корея
Khmer: km កូរ៉េខាងត្បូង
Korean: ko ^남한(南韓) in South Korea, ko ^남조선(南朝鮮) in North Korea, ko ^한국(韓國), ko ^코리아, ko ^우리나라
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Korêya Başûr
Kyrgyz: ky Түштүк Корея
Lao: lo ເກົາຫລີໃຕ້
Latin: la Corēa Merīdiōnālis f New Latin, la Corēa Merīdiāna f New Latin
Latvian: lv Dienvidkoreja f
Lithuanian: lt Pietų Korėja f
Macedonian: mk Ју́жна Коре́ја f
Malay: ms Korea Selatan
Malayalam: ml ദക്ഷിണ കൊറിയ
Maltese: mt Korea t'Isfel f definite
Marathi: mr दक्षिण कोरिया
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Өмнөд Солонгос
Mongolian script: mn ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠳᠦ ᠰᠣᠯᠤᠩᠭᠤᠰ
Navajo: nv Shádiʼááhjí Binááʼádaałtsʼózí Dineʼé Bikéyah Yázhí
Nepali: ne दक्षिण कोरिया
Norman: nrf Corée du Sud f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Sør-Korea n
Nynorsk: nn Sør-Korea n
Occitan: oc Corèa del Sud f, oc Corèa deu Sud f, oc Corèa dau Sud f
Odia: or ଦକ୍ଷିଣ କୋରିଆ
Okinawan: ryu 韓国 くゎんくく, Kwankuku
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu Южьна Корєꙗ f modern
Ossetian: os Хуссар Корей
Pashto: ps سوېلی کوریا f sweli koryā
Persian:
Dari: prs کورِیَایِی جَنُوبِی, prs کورِیَایِ جَنُوبِی
Iranian Persian: fa-ira کُرِهٔ جُنوبی
Picard: pcd Corée dech Sud
Polish: pl Korea Południowa f
Portuguese: pt Coreia do Sul f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: pa ਦੱਖਣੀ ਕੋਰੀਆ m
Rarotongan: rar Kōrea Tonga
Romanian: ro Coreea de Sud f
Romansh: rm Corea dal Sid f
Russian: ru Ю́жная Коре́я f
Sardinian: sc Corea de su Sud f
Scots: sco Sooth Korea
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ју̑жна̄ Корѐја f
Latin: sh Jȗžnā Korèja f
Sicilian: scn Corea dû Sud f, scn Curea dû Sud f
Silesian: szl Połedńowo Koryjo f
Sinhalese: si දකුණු කොරියාව
Slovak: sk Južná Kórea f
Slovene: sl Južna Koreja f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Pódpołdnjowa Koreja f
Upper Sorbian: hsb Južna Koreja f
Spanish: es Corea del Sur
Swahili: sw Korea ya Kusini, sw Korea Kusini
Swedish: sv Sydkorea n
Tagalog: tl Timog Korea
Tajik: tg Қурияи Ҷанубӣ, tg Кореяи Ҷанубӣ
Tamil: ta தென் கொரியா
Tatar: tt Көньяк Корея
Telugu: te దక్షిణ కొరియా
Thai: th เกาหลีใต้
Tibetan: bo ལྷོ་ཀོ་རི་ཡ
Turkish: tr Güney Kore
Turkmen: tk Günorta Koreýa
Ukrainian: uk Півде́нна Коре́я f
Urdu: ur جُنُوبی کورِیا m, ur جَنُوبی کورِیا m
Uyghur: ug جەنۇبىي چاۋشيەن
Uzbek: uz Janubiy Koreya
Vietnamese: vi Hàn Quốc (vi 韓國), vi Nam Hàn (vi 南韓)
Welsh: cy De Corea
Yakut: sah Соҕуруу Кэриэйэ
Yiddish: yi דרום קאָרעע f dorem koree
Yoruba: yo Ariwa Kọria
Zealandic: zea Zuud-Korea n
Zhuang: za Hanzgoz
Republic of Korea
See also
Appendix:Countries and territories of the world