Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Korea.
- noun A person of Korean ancestry.
- noun The language of the Koreans, possibly in the Altaic family.
- adjective Of or relating to Korea or its people, language, or culture.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Corean .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Korea.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising
North Korea andSouth Korea . - proper noun Official language of the people residing on the Korean Peninsula, and language of approximately 60 million people, in Asia, North America, and elsewhere.
- noun Designation given to the indigenous or naturalized people occupying the Korean Peninsula on the Asian continent, in either
North Korea orSouth Korea .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the Altaic language spoken by Koreans
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Korea or its people or language
- noun a native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean language
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Examples
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KOREAN CULTURAL HERITAGE NIGHT, traditional Korean dance and music by the Korean-American Association of Northern Virginia. 7: 30 p.m.,
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This is why if i want korean, i go to a Korean restaurant nearby for lunch special.
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KOREAN ART Among the wide diversity of Korean art works on offer is an impressive oil painting Pens 7 (Estimate: HK$900,000-1,200,000 / US$115,000-154,000) by Hong Kyoung Tack (b.
Art Knowledge News 2009
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BECK: A high school teacher in France, Robert Redeker, recently wrote an op-ed piece in which he called the Korean a "book of extraordinary violence" and the Prophet Mohammed a "pitiless warlord."
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Are you using "cut and paste" to try to give the impression you can read and write in Korean?
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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“The endless internal strife of the Japanese builds up a sense of hubris and elitism,” he argues, “while being on the defense instills a sense of humility and compassion for others … The hero of Japanese manga is ‘I’ while the hero in Korean manhwa is ‘We.’”
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Most of youtube figure skating clips are in Korean these days – the whole country has gone crazy for Yu Na Kim.
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“The endless internal strife of the Japanese builds up a sense of hubris and elitism,” he argues, “while being on the defense instills a sense of humility and compassion for others … The hero of Japanese manga is ‘I’ while the hero in Korean manhwa is ‘We.’”
Manwha 100 2009
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Most of youtube figure skating clips are in Korean these days – the whole country has gone crazy for Yu Na Kim.
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Are you using "cut and paste" to try to give the impression you can read and write in Korean?
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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