Main Entry: Ko·rea

Pronunciation: \kə-ˈrē-ə, especially South (ˌ)kō-\

Function: geographical name

1 peninsula 600 miles (966 kilometers) long & 135 miles (217 kilometers) wide E Asia between Yellow Sea & Sea of Japan
2or Japanese Cho·sen \ˈchō-ˈsen\ country coextensive with the peninsula; once a kingdom & (1910–45) a Japanese dependency ∗ Seoul; divided 1948 at 38th parallel into republics of North Korea (∗ Pyongyang area 46,609 sq miles or 120,717 sq kilometers, population 20,522,351) & South Korea (∗ Seoul area 38,022 sq miles or 98,477 sq kilometers, population 46,131,101)