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Korean

Korean

124 2.5
A person who comes from Korea
  • noun
  • /kəˈriːən/
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  • Indeed, about 40 to 45 percent of Koreans still do not identify with any party.
  • North Koreans
  • South Koreans
  • Koreans and Chinese

So I had told him that Koreans like to dance.

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Examples

  • As a Korean, she often shares stories about her culture.

  • These Koreans will listen to a man with the same kind of nerve they have.

  • And then I did what any good Korean son should do.

  • The fact that Park is half Korean and yes his first name is Park.

  • Yeah, Yeah, I was a young Korean fat man at one point.

  • Coverage is quite high for a Korean beauty based product.

  • How much more vulnerable the ordinary Korean appears to be by comparison.

    Academic text (1992)
  • All of a sudden, everybody started screaming, and in came this Korean.

  • So I had told him that Koreans like to dance.

  • Lovely people, the South Koreans.

Compounds

36 3.7

A 1950 to 1953 war between North and South Korea with the United Nations, China, and the Soviet Union

22 3.0

A person from South Korea

A piece of land in East Asia that is mostly home to North and South Korea

A narrow body of water between Korea and Japan that connects the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan

The language spoken in North and South Korea and by people from Korea around the world

A liquid or paste used in Korean cooking that often contains soy, garlic, and chili

A low spreading grass from Asia used for lawns that need little water

A grass from East Asia grown for lawns and yards

An annual plant from Korea that farmers grow for animal food in hot, dry places

Official money used in North Korea

The money used in South Korea, divided into 100 jeon

Surface Forms

Korean singular
Koreans plural

Morphology

Korean = Korea (transparent) = Korea + n

The inhabitant noun is transparently derived from the place name 'Korea' with a standard demonymic ending.

Etymology

Korean for a person comes from the country name Korea, which comes from the old kingdom Goryeo. So a Korean is someone 'from Korea'.