NORTH KOREAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does North Korean mean? 

• NORTH KOREAN (noun)
  The noun NORTH KOREAN has 1 sense:

1. a Korean from North Korea

  Familiarity information: NORTH KOREAN used as a noun is very rare.

• NORTH KOREAN (adjective)
  The adjective NORTH KOREAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of North Korea or its people or their culture

  Familiarity information: NORTH KOREAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTH KOREAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Korean from North Korea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("North Korean" is a kind of...):

Korean (a native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean language)

Derivation:

North Korean (of or relating to or characteristic of North Korea or its people or their culture)

• NORTH KOREAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of North Korea or its people or their culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

North Korea (a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948)

Derivation:

North Korea (a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948)

North Korean (a Korean from North Korea)