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Koreas

Koreas is the plural of Korea.

Meaning of Korea

Proper noun

Korea (countable and uncountable, plural Koreas)

  1. A geographic region in East Asia, consisting of two countries, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country.
    • After the death of the empreſs Papûſha he had been baniſhed into Korea, from whence he was removed to Quey-lin Fû, the capital of Quang-ſi.1780, “The Hiſtory of Jenghîz Khan's Succeſſors in Tartary and China”, in The Modern Part of an Univerſal History from the Earlieſt Accounts to the Preſent Time, volume IV, page 297
    1. (informal) South Korea: A country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.
    2. (rare) North Korea: A country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea.
  2. A peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula.

Proper noun

Koreas

  1. A region of Korean Peninsula, East Asia, Asia. North Korea and South Korea, collectively.
    • Scores of foreign journalists have been dispatched to Seoul to report on the growing tensions between the two Koreas and the possibility of war.2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times

Questions about Koreas

What does Koreas mean?
Koreas means a region of Korean Peninsula, East Asia, Asia. North Korea and South Korea, collectively.
What is Koreas the plural of?
Koreas is the plural of Korea.
What part of speech is Koreas?
Koreas is a proper noun.

Words near Koreas in the dictionary

  1. Koreaphiles
  2. Koreaphobe
  3. Koreaphobes
  4. Koreaphobia
  5. Koreaphobic
  6. Koreas
  7. Koreatown
  8. Koreatowns
  9. Koreelah
  10. Koreish
  11. Koreishite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Koreas (page history and authors); Korea (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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