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Korean

8 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. Korean
  2. Korean box
  3. Korean evodia
  4. Korean lawn grass
  5. Korean lespedeza
  6. Korean pine
  7. Korean velvet grass
  8. North Korea

Ko·re·an

noun \kə-ˈrē-ən, especially Southern (ˌ)kō-\

: a person born, raised, or living in Korea : a person whose family is from Korea

: the language of the Korean people

Full Definition of KOREAN

1
:  a native or inhabitant of Korea
2
:  the language of the Korean people
— Korean adjective
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First Known Use of KOREAN

1600

Rhymes with KOREAN

Achaean, Actaeon, Aegean, Antaean, Archean, Augean, Chaldean, Chilean, Crimean, Cumaean, Fijian, Judaean, Kuchean, Linnaean, Mandaean, Matthean, Nicaean, plebeian, pygmaean, Tupian

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