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Republic of Korea

Republic of Korea proper noun: official name of South Korea: a country in East Asia.

republic of korea: official name of South Korea: a country in East Asia
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Proper noun

the Republic of Korea

  1. Official name of South Korea: a country in East Asia.
    • Our men have fought with grim gallantry. The soldiers of the Republic of Korea have also been fighting fiercely.1950 September 1, Harry S. Truman, 1:27 from the start, in MP72-73 Korea and World Peace: President Truman Reports to the People, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, via YouTube...

Republic of Korea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Republic of Korea in Hindi

official name of South Korea
कोरिया गणराज्य koriyā gaṇrājya

Republic of Korea in Tamil

official name of South Korea
கொரிய குடியரசு koriya kuṭiyaracu

Republic of Korea in Marathi

official name of South Korea
कोरियाचे प्रजासत्ताक koriyāce prajāsattāk

Republic of Korea in Urdu

official name of South Korea
جَمْہُورِیَہ کورِیَا jamhūriya koriyā, جُمْہُورِیَہ کورِیَا jumhūriya koriyā
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Republic of Korea in Bengali
প্রজাতন্ত্রী কোরিয়া projatontri kōriẏa
Republic of Korea in Telugu
కొరియా గణతంత్రం koriyā gaṇatantraṁ
Republic of Korea in Malayalam
റിപ്പബ്ലിക്ക് ഓഫ് കൊറിയ ṟippablikk ōphŭ koṟiya
Republic of Korea in Kannada
ಕೊರಿಯಾ ಗಣತಂತ್ರ koriyā gaṇatantra
Republic of Korea in Gujarati
કોરિયા ગણરાજ્ય koriyā gaṇrājya
Republic of Korea in Sinhala
කොරියානු සමූහාණ්ඩුව koriyānu samūhāṇḍuwa
Republic of Korea in Nepali
गणतन्त्र कोरिया gaṇatantra koriyā
Republic of Korea in Arabic
جُمْهُورِيَة كُورِيَا jumhūriyat kōriyā
Republic of Korea in Malay
Republik Korea
Republic of Korea in Indonesian
Republik Korea
Republic of Korea in Thai
สาธารณรัฐเกาหลี sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát gao-lǐi
Republic of Korea in Vietnamese
Đại Hàn Dân Quốc
Republic of Korea in Myanmar
ကိုရီးယားသမ္မတနိုင်ငံ kuiri:ya:samma.ta.nuingngam, ကိုရီးယားသမ္မတ kuiri:ya:samma.ta.

Forms of Republic of Korea

alternative initialismROK

Origin of Republic of Korea

Calque of Korean 대한민국(大韓民國) (daehanmin'guk).

Questions about Republic of Korea

What does Republic of Korea mean?
Republic of Korea means official name of South Korea: a country in East Asia.
What is Republic of Korea in Hindi?
Republic of Korea in Hindi is कोरिया गणराज्य (koriyā gaṇrājya). See Republic of Korea meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Republic of Korea?
Republic of Korea is a proper noun.

Words near Republic of Korea in the dictionary

  1. Republic of Karakalpakstan
  2. Republic of Karelia
  3. Republic of Kazakhstan
  4. Republic of Kenya
  5. Republic of Kiribati
  6. Republic of Korea
  7. Republic of Kosovo
  8. Republic of Latvia
  9. Republic of Letters
  10. Republic of Liberia
  11. Republic of Lithuania

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