English > Korean Peninsula: 1 sense > noun 1, locationMeaning | 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. |
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Synonyms | Korea, Dae-Han-Min-Gook, Han-Gook |
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Instances | Chosen | The name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945) |
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Instance of | peninsula | A large mass of land projecting into a body of water |
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Part of | Asia | The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population |
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Parts | North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, D.P.R.K., DPRK | A communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula |
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South Korea, Republic of Korea | A republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula |
Region of | Chino-Japanese War, Sino-Japanese War | A war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula |
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Korean War | A war between North and South Korea |
Spanish | Corea, Korea, Península de Corea |
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Catalan | Corea, Península de Corea |
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