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South Korea

South Korea

41 2.1
A country on the southern part of the Korean Peninsula
  • proper noun
  • /saʊθ ˈkɔːriə/
translation icon : Corea del Sur
  • American servicemen and women number nearly 30,000 in South Korea.
  • Japan and South Korea
  • Taiwan and South Korea
  • North and South Korea

So I would expect South Korea to move towards China.

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Examples

  • The U.S. has an unshakable commitment to protect our fellow democracy, South Korea.

    Academic text (1999)

  • We immigrated here from South Korea when I was five years old.

  • So I would expect South Korea to move towards China.

    Stanford

  • My first film is shooting right now in South Korea with my friends at Apple TV Plus.

    Variety

  • So South Korea did a great job with it.

    ReasonTV

  • Those cars are built in South Korea.

    Canadian Bacon (1995)

  • And that was a very strong reason for why South Korea was very strategic.

  • Enduring trust between the international community and South Korea was instrumental to Seoul's development.

    Academic text (2011)

  • I'm from Seoul, South Korea.

  • Every year about this time, the US and South Korea hold joint military exercises.

Synonyms

Republic of Korea
vsSouth Korea
3 1.8

A country in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula commonly called South Korea

is the common everyday name used in speech and media

Surface Forms

South Korea main

Morphology

south + Korea

The meaning is directly compositional: 'south' denotes the southern part and 'Korea' names the place, so 'South Korea' refers transparently to the southern part/country of Korea. This directional-place naming pattern is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the referent.

Etymology

The name South Korea comes from the simple idea that it is the south part of Korea. After Korea split in 1948, this 'southern' area became its own 'country', so the name tells its place and status today.