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Democratic People's Republic of Korea

/ˌdɛməˈkɹætɪk ˈpiːpəlz ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv kəˈɹiːə/

Democratic People's Republic of Korea proper noun: official name of North Korea: a country in East Asia; abbreviation DPRK.

Proper noun

the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

  1. Official name of North Korea: a country in East Asia; abbreviation DPRK.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Hindi

country in East Asia (official name)
कोरिया लोकतांत्रिक जनवादी गणराज्य koriyā loktāntrik janvādī gaṇrājya

Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Tamil

country in East Asia (official name)
கொரியா ஜனநாயக மக்கள் குடியரசு koriyā jaṉanāyaka makkaḷ kuṭiyaracu

Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Marathi

country in East Asia (official name)
कोरियाचे जनतेचे लोकशाही प्रजासत्ताक koriyāce jantece lokśāhī prajāsattāk

Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Urdu

country in East Asia (official name)
جمہوری عوامی جمہوریہ کوریا
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Bengali
গণতান্ত্রিক গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী কোরিয়া gonotantrik gonoprojatontri kōriẏa
Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Sinhala
කොරියානු ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී මහජන ජනරජය koriyānu prajātantrawādī mahajana janarajaya
Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Nepali
प्रजातान्त्रिक जनवादी गणतन्त्र कोरिया prajātāntrik janavādī gaṇatantra koriyā
Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Tagalog
Demokratikong Republikang Popular ng Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Arabic
جُمْهُورِيَّة كُورِيَا اَلدِّيمُقْرَاطِيَّة اَلشَّعْبِيَّة jumhūriyyat kōriyā d-dimuqrāṭiyya š-šaʕbiyya
Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Malay
Republik Demokratik Rakyat Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Indonesian
Republik Rakyat Demokratik Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Thai
สาธารณรัฐประชาธิปไตยประชาชนเกาหลี sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát bprà-chaa-tí-bpà-dtai bprà-chaa-chon gao-lǐi
Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Vietnamese
Cộng hoà Dân chủ Nhân dân Triều Tiên
Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Myanmar
ကိုရီးယားဒီမိုကရက်တစ် ပြည်သူ့သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ kuiri:ya:dimuika.raktac pranysu.samma.ta.nuingngam

Forms of Democratic People's Republic of Korea

alternative initialismDPRK
alternative initialismDPR Korea
alternative formKorean Democratic People's Republic
alternative formKorean People's Democratic Republic
alternative formPeople's Democratic Republic of Korea

Origin of Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Calque of Korean 조선민주주의인민공화국 (joseonminjujuuiinmin'gonghwaguk)

Words formed from Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Questions about Democratic People's Republic of Korea

What does Democratic People's Republic of Korea mean?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea means official name of North Korea: a country in East Asia; abbreviation DPRK.
What is Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Hindi?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Hindi is कोरिया लोकतांत्रिक जनवादी गणराज्य (koriyā loktāntrik janvādī gaṇrājya). See Democratic People's Republic of Korea meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea is pronounced /ˌdɛməˈkɹætɪk ˈpiːpəlz ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv kəˈɹiːə/.

Words near Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the dictionary

  1. democratic centralization
  2. democratic deficit
  3. democratic deficits
  4. democratic education
  5. Democratic Kampuchea
  6. Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  7. Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
  8. Democratic Republic of Congo
  9. Democratic Republic of Georgia
  10. Democratic Republic of the Congo
  11. Democratic Republic of the Congo-Kinshasa

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