REPUBLIC OF KOREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Korea mean? 

• REPUBLIC OF KOREA (noun)
  The noun REPUBLIC OF KOREA has 1 sense:

1. a republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948

  Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF KOREA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPUBLIC OF KOREA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Republic of Korea; South Korea

Instance hypernyms:

Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Korea"):

capital of South Korea; Seoul (the capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia; located in northwestern South Korea)

Chemulpo; Incheon; Inchon (a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea)

Kwangju (city in southwestern South Korea; an important military base during the Korean War)

Taegu; Tegu (a city in southeastern South Korea)

Pusan (a city in southeastern South Korea on the Korean Strait; the chief port and second largest city)

Domain member region:

Inchon (a battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon)

Holonyms ("Republic of Korea" is a part of...):

Dae-Han-Min-Gook; Han-Gook; Korea; Korean Peninsula (an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook)

Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)