South Korean
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3.0
- noun
- /saʊθ kəˈriən/
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surcoreano
- About 30,000 South Koreans who are predominantly well-educated are settling in U.S. cities each year (Awanohara, 1991).
- many South Koreans
- South Korean people
I mean, the Saudis are watching, the Japanese are watching the, the South Koreans are watching, the Turks are watching right across the.
- I mean, the Saudis are watching, the Japanese are watching the, the South Koreans are watching, the Turks are watching right across the.
- If you're thinking about our alliance relationships in in Asia, my guess is that the South Koreans will try to edge closer towards China.
- They didn't want the Americans through the South Koreans to have access to their border.
Examples
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The South Korean people cannot afford to lose their hard-earned economic prosperity for immediate national unification.
Academic text (2002) -
Whereas older generations of South Koreans remember the United States' role in the Korean War, the 30-and-under group does not.
Academic text (2007) -
The South Koreans are following you.
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The South Koreans are catching up to you, it seems.
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Numerous South Korean firms have begun to study this region and are working on plans for economic cooperation.
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So that is a South Korean patrol boat that was shot at by the North Koreans.
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Moreover, it is not just the South Koreans who need to be convinced of the need to sign a peace treaty.
Academic text (2016) -
Many South Koreans have come to view the United States as a spoiler of the inter-Korean reconciliation process.
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Collectively, millions of South Korean citizens gathered week after week, effectively and peacefully, and ousted A corrupt regime.
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Many South Koreans attended the festival to celebrate their cultural heritage.
Surface Forms
Morphology
South + Korean
The compound 'South Korean' is transparently composed from 'South' (a cardinal direction/region) and 'Korean' (relating to Korea or its people), so its meaning 'of or relating to South Korea or its people' is directly inferable. This demonymic + directional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English composition, making it immediately understandable to B1 learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
South Korean (noun) comes from the two words South and Korean, meaning a person from the southern part of Korea. When Korea was split into two countries, people used South Korean to say someone is 'from South Korea'.