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North Korea

noun

a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948

• Syn: ↑Democratic People's Republic of Korea, ↑D.P.R.K., ↑DPRK

• Derivationally related forms: ↑North Korean

• Members of this Region: ↑Yalu River

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Asian country, ↑Asian nation

• Part Holonyms: ↑Korea, ↑Korean Peninsula, ↑Dae-Han-Min-Gook, ↑Han-Gook, ↑Asia

• Part Meronyms: ↑Pyongyang, ↑capital of North Korea, ↑Yalu, ↑Yalu River

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North Korea [North Korea] [ˌnɔːθ kəˈriə] [ˌnɔːrθkəˈriə] noun singular

a country in eastern Asia

see also ↑South Korea

Useful english dictionary. 2012.