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DPRK

DPRK

4 6.3
A country in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula also called North Korea
  • proper noun
translation icon : República Popular Democrática de Corea
  • South Korea has attempted to mediate the U.S.-DPRK dispute, much to the irritation of the Bush administration.
  • DPRK power grid
  • DPRK relations
  • DPRK nuclear negotiations

And we haven't even talked about DPRK, their new program, their rockets.

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Examples

  • In recent years, the DPRK has faced increasing international scrutiny due to its nuclear program.

  • Kim hoped that his contrition would help move DPRK-Japan relations forward.

    Academic text (2003)

  • We like to talk about how the DPRK is so very isolated from the outside world.

    Blog text (24)

  • First, nuclear weapons address some legitimate DPRK security concerns.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Likewise, the United States and the DPRK agreed to lift barriers to trade and investment.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The unreliable DPRK power grid thus poses a dangerous problem.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Increasing the pressure on Pyongyang, the Clinton administration broke off talks with the DPRK and again threatened economic sanctions.

    Academic text (2003)

  • However, the next day, DPRK Deputy Foreign Minister Kang Sok Joo confirmed the charges.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Despite an apparent thaw on the peninsula, however, the DPRK has persisted in bandit-state antics.

    Academic text (2001)

  • During the 1990s, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) loomed as the quintessential rogue state.

    Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

North Korea
vsDPRK
103 1.8

A country in East Asia on the northern part of the Korean Peninsula

is the formal state name reduced to its letter abbreviation
D.P.R.K.
vsDPRK
1 6.6

Short form for the official name of North Korea

is the abbreviation written without punctuation between letters
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
vsDPRK
1 5.0

The official name for North Korea, a country in the north of the Korean Peninsula

is the shortened letter form rather than the full formal name

Surface Forms

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Morphology

DPRK = D + P + R + K

DPRK is an initialism whose components are letters; the letters themselves do not convey the meaning unless one knows the expanded phrase, so morphological inference from the parts is not possible.

Etymology

DPRK is a short form made from the first letters of Democratic, People's, Republic, and Korea, so each letter stands for one word in the full name. So DPRK is the short name for the country often called 'North Korea'.