Republic of Korea (official name of South Korea: a country in East Asia) · Korea
eş: 우리나라, 한국, 대한
köken: Sino-Korean word from 대한(大韓) (Daehan, “Korea”) + 민국(民國) (min'guk, “republic”), coined by Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea perhaps on the model of both or either of: * The already established Chinese 中華民國 /中华民国 (Zhōnghuá Mínguó, “Republic of China”, literally “People's State of Zhonghua”), whose name was purposefully coined by Sun Yat-sen. * The antecedent 대한 제국 (Daehan jeguk,…
alternative letter-case form of Đại Hàn Dân Quốc (“Republic of Korea”)
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 大韓民國, composed of 大 (“great”), 韓 (“Korea”) and 民國 (“republic”), from Korean 대한민국 (Daehanmin'guk, literally “People's State of Great Han”).