Meanings
proper noun
- A country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Official name: Republic of Korea. Capital: Seoul.
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.
2024 January 9, “South Korea bans dog meat trade for human consumption”, in EFE, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From south + Korea, due to its southerly position on the Korean peninsula.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Suid-Korea
- Suid-Koreaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Arabic كُورِيَا الْجَنُوبِيَّة, كُورِيَا الْجَنُوبِيَّة
- كُورِيَا الْجَنُوبِيَّة (kōriyā l-janūbiyya)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- كُورِيَا الْجَنُوبِيَّة (kūriyā l-janūbiyya)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Basque Hego Korea
- Hego Koreaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Bengali দক্ষিণ কোরিয়া
- দক্ষিণ কোরিয়া (dokkhin kōriẏa)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Bulgarian Ю́жна Коре́я
- Ю́жна Коре́я (Júžna Koréja)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Catalan Corea del Sud
- Corea del Suda country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Chinese Cantonese 韓國 /韩国, 南韓 /南韩
- 韓國 /韩国 (hon⁴ gwok³)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- 南韓 /南韩 (naam⁴ hon⁴)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Chinese Mandarin 韓國 /韩国, 南韓 /南韩
- 韓國 /韩国 (Hánguó)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- 南韓 /南韩 (Nánhán)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- 南朝鮮 /南朝鲜a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Czech Jižní Korea
- Jižní Koreaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Danish Sydkorea
- Sydkoreaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Dutch Zuid-Korea
- Zuid-Koreaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Esperanto Sud-Koreio, Koreio Suda
- Sud-Koreioa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- Koreio Sudaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- Koreujo Sud-Koreujoa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- Koreujo Sudaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Estonian Lõuna-Korea
- Lõuna-Koreaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Finnish Etelä-Korea, Korean tasavalta
- Etelä-Koreaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- Korean tasavaltaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
French Corée du Sud
- Corée du Suda country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
German Südkorea
- Südkoreaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Greek Νότια Κορέα
- Νότια Κορέα (Nótia Koréa)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Hawaiian Kōlea Hema
- Kōlea Hemaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Hebrew דְּרוֹם קוֹרֵיאָה, קוריאה הדרומית
- דְּרוֹם קוֹרֵיאָה (dróm koréa)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- קוריאה הדרומית (koréa ha-dromít)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Hindi दक्षिण कोरिया
- दक्षिण कोरिया (dakṣiṇ koriyā)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Hungarian Dél-Korea
- Dél-Koreaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Icelandic Suður-Kórea
- Suður-Kóreaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Indonesian Korea Selatan
- Korea Selatana country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Irish Cóiré Theas
- Cóiré Theasa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Italian Corea del Sud
- Corea del Suda country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Japanese 韓国, コリア
- 韓国 (Kankoku)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- コリア (Koria)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Korean 남한, 남조선
- 남한 (Namhan)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- 남조선 (Namjoseon)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- 한국 (Han'guk)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- 코리아 (Koria)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- 우리나라 (Urinara)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Latin Corēa Merīdiōnālis, Corēa Merīdiāna
- Corēa Merīdiōnālisa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- Corēa Merīdiānaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Latvian Dienvidkoreja
- Dienvidkorejaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Lithuanian Pietų Korėja
- Pietų Korėjaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Malay Korea Selatan
- Korea Selatana country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Norwegian Bokmål Sør-Korea
- Sør-Koreaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Polish Korea Południowa
- Korea Południowaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Portuguese Coreia do Sul
- Coreia do Sula country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Punjabi ਦੱਖਣੀ ਕੋਰੀਆ
- ਦੱਖਣੀ ਕੋਰੀਆ (dakkhaṇī korīā)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Romanian Coreea de Sud
- Coreea de Suda country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Russian Ю́жная Коре́я
- Ю́жная Коре́я (Júžnaja Koréja)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Slovak Južná Kórea
- Južná Kóreaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Spanish Corea del Sur
- Corea del Sura country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Swahili Korea ya Kusini, Korea Kusini
- Korea ya Kusinia country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- Korea Kusinia country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Swedish Sydkorea
- Sydkoreaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Tagalog Timog Korea
- Timog Koreaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Tamil தென் கொரியா
- தென் கொரியா (teṉ koriyā)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Thai เกาหลีใต้
- เกาหลีใต้ (gao-lǐi-dtâai)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Turkish Güney Kore
- Güney Korea country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Ukrainian Півде́нна Коре́я
- Півде́нна Коре́я (Pivdénna Koréja)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Urdu جُنُوبی کورِیا, جَنُوبی کورِیا
- جُنُوبی کورِیا (junūbī koriyā)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- جَنُوبی کورِیا (janūbī koriyā)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Vietnamese Hàn Quốc, Nam Hàn
- Hàn Quốca country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
- Nam Hàna country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Welsh De Corea
- De Coreaa country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Yiddish דרום קאָרעע
- דרום קאָרעע (dorem koree)a country in East Asia, comprising the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with South Korea
viaideaKoreaeamariaTanzaniaLuciaGarciamiaEritrealeaBeadiarrheaLeahsheariaureaHoseapizzeriaSandiatortillaPadillaTheachia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
South Korea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/South%20Korea
MLA
“South Korea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/South%20Korea. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “South Korea,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/South%20Korea.
Source: South Korea on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.