North Korea

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North Korea^¹

/noɹθ ˌkəˈɹi.ə/ US
/nɔːθ ˌkəˈɹiː.ə/ UK

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From north + Korea, due to its northerly position on the Korean peninsula.

proper noun north Korea

A country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea. Official name: Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Capital: Pyongyang. The Little Assembly directed the commission to hold elections "wherever possible" which means, in effect, the United States-occupied zone. Russia, occupying North Korea, has boycotted the commission completely.
Similar: Best Korea, Hermit Kingdom, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK, Juche Korea, People's Korea

north Korea^²

proper noun

alternative, dated Alternative form of North Korea A Korean Communist selected as a vice chairman of the government for north Korea in the Russian occupied zone was assassinated as he was leaving a conference with Col. Gen. Chistjakoff, commander of the soviet 25th army, a Korean refugee said today.

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name a country in East Asia whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea

Español	Corea del Norte
日本語	北朝鮮 Kita Chōsen, 北韓 Hokkan
中文	朝鮮 /朝鲜 Cháoxiǎn, 北朝鮮 /北朝鲜 Běi Cháoxiǎn
हिन्दी	उत्तर कोरिया uttar koriyā
Kiswahili	Korea ya Kaskazini, Korea Kaskazini
Português	Coreia do Norte
Français	Corée du Nord
Deutsch	Nordkorea
Italiano	Corea del Nord
Ελληνικά	Βόρεια Κορέα Vóreia Koréa
Română	Coreea de Nord
Русский	Се́верная Коре́я Sévernaja Koréja
Tiếng Việt	Bắc Triều Tiên, Bắc Hàn, Triều Tiên
العربية	كُورِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة kōriyā š-šamāliyya, كُورِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة kūriyā š-šamāliyya
עברית	קוֹרֵיאָה הַצְּפוֹנִית koré'a ha-ts'fonít, צְפוֹן קוֹרֵיאָה ts'fón koré'a

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@misc{north_korea_2026,
  title = {North Korea},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/north%20korea},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}