Corea
See also: corea, coreá, and coreà
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːə
Proper noun
Corea
- Archaic spelling of Korea.
- 1699, William Dampier, A New Voyage round the World, page 274
- I would take the ſame method if I was to go to diſcover the North Eaſt Paſſage. I would winter about Japan, Corea, or the North Eaſt part of China; and taking the Spring and Summer before me, I would make my firſt trial on the Coaſt of Tartary [...]
- 1788, unknown translator, Jean-Baptiste Grosier, A General Description of China, page 245
- The Mantchews, thus maſters of Corea, endeavoured to compel their new ſubjects to ſhave their heads, after their manner, and to adopt the Tartar dreſs.
- 1888 April 7, “'The Hermit Land.'”, in Chambers's Journal (Fifth Series), volume V, number 223, page 209:
- The Amnok, called also the Yalu, is a fine river which divides Corea from Manchuria.
- 1922, Elizabeth F. Parker, Amber, page 12
- In the latter country it is mostly black and known as Whitby jet, while in Corea and Japan it is red in color and opaque.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Corea.
- 1699, William Dampier, A New Voyage round the World, page 274
Usage notes
- 1999, Keith Pratt and Richard Rutt with additional material by James Hoare, Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary, Routledge, page 232
- 'Corea' (1613) soon became normal, but 'Korea' appears as early as 1738 and was generally accepted in the 19th century, though 'Corea' lingered as a rarity until 1940.
- 2004, Andrew C. Nahm, James E. Hoare, Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea, Scarecrow Press, pages 95-96
- In the late 1990s, a number of South Koreans began to claim that the Japanese had deliberately fostered the use of Korea rather than Corea so that Japan would be listed before Korea in country lists. [...] There is no evidence that Japan actually did this, and, since Korea was not an independent country from 1910 until 1945, it rarely appeared in country lists.
- 2006, Samuel S. Kim, The Two Koreas and the Great Powers, Cambridge University Press, page 50
- [T]he spelling of Korea with a "K" is sometimes alleged to be a Japanese invention from the colonial period so that Korea would follow Japan in alphabetical listings in the Roman alphabet.
Further reading
- Corea, Korea at Google Ngram Viewer
Anagrams
- Acero, Arceo, ocrea
Asturian
Proper noun
Corea f
- Korea
Related terms
- coreanu
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /koˈɾe.ə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kuˈɾe.ə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /koˈɾe.a/
Proper noun
Corea f
- Korea
Derived terms
- coreà
- Corea del Nord, República Popular Democràtica de Corea
- Corea del Sud, República de Corea
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈrɛ.a/
- Rhymes: -ɛa
- Hyphenation: Co‧rè‧a
Proper noun
Corea f
- Korea
Derived terms
- coreano
Anagrams
- acero
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈreː.a/, [kɔˈreːä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈre.a/, [koˈrɛːä]
Proper noun
Corēa f sg (genitive Corēae); first declension
- (New Latin) Korea (country)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Corēa |
| Genitive | Corēae |
| Dative | Corēae |
| Accusative | Corēam |
| Ablative | Corēā |
| Vocative | Corēa |
Meronyms
- Pohangum
- Pusanum
- Seulum
- Taeguum
- Taeieonum
Derived terms
- corēānicus
- corēānus, Corēānus, korēānus (adj. Korean)
- koraiēnsis
Romansch
Etymology
From Korean 고려 (Goryeo).
Proper noun
Corea f
- Korea
Derived terms
- corean
- Corean
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈɾea/ [koˈɾe.a]
- Rhymes: -ea
- Syllabification: Co‧re‧a
Proper noun
Corea f
- Korea
Derived terms
- Corea del Norte
- Corea del Sur
- coreano
- República de Corea
Welsh
Etymology
From English Korea, Corea, from Dutch Core. Ultimately from Korean 고려(高麗) (Goryeo).
Proper noun
Corea f
- Korea (an ancient country in Asia)
Derived terms
- Coread (“Korean person”)
- Coreaidd (“Korean”)
- Corëeg (“Korean language”)
- De Corea (“South Korea”)
- Gogledd Corea (“South Korea”)
- Gweriniaeth Corea (“Republic of Korea”)
- Gweriniaeth Pobl Ddemocrataidd Corea (“People's Democratic Republic of Korea”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| Corea | Gorea | Nghorea | Chorea |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||