Republic of Korea

English

Alternative forms

ROK (initialism)

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Map showing location of the ROK

the Republic of Korea

Official name of South Korea.
- 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, National Archives Identifier: 595162:
  Our men have fought with grim gallantry. The soldiers of the Republic of Korea have also been fighting fiercely.

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country

Afrikaans: Republiek van Korea
Albanian: Republika e Koresë f
Amharic: የኮርያ ሬፑብሊክ (yäkorya republik)
Arabic: جُمْهُورِيَة كُورِيَا f (jumhūriyat kōriyā)
Aragonese: República de Corea
Armenian: Կորեայի Հանրապետություն (Koreayi Hanrapetutʿyun)
Asturian: República de Corea
Azerbaijani: Koreya Respublikası (az)
Basque: Koreako Errepublika
Bavarian: Republik Korea f
Belarusian: Рэспу́бліка Карэ́я f (Respúblika Karéja)
Bengali: প্রজাতন্ত্রী কোরিয়া (projatontri kōriẏa)
Bulgarian: Репу́блика Коре́я f (Repúblika Koréja)
Burmese: ကိုရီးယားသမ္မတနိုင်ငံ (kuiri:ya:samma.ta.nuingngam), ကိုရီးယားသမ္မတ (kuiri:ya:samma.ta.)
Catalan: República de Corea
Chinese:
Cantonese: 大韓民國／大韩民国 (daai⁶ hon⁴ man⁴ gwok³)

Hakka: 大韓民國／大韩民国 (Thai-hòn Mìn-koet)

Hokkien: 大韓民國／大韩民国 (Tāi-hân Bîn-kok)

Mandarin: 大韓民國／大韩民国 (zh) (Dàhán Mínguó)
Corsican: Republica di Corea f, Ripublica di Corea f
Crimean Tatar: Kоreya Cumhuriyeti
Czech: Korejská republika
Danish: Republikken Korea c
Dutch: Republiek Korea f
Esperanto: Korea Respubliko
Estonian: Korea Vabariik (et)
Finnish: Korean tasavalta (fi)
French: République de Corée (fr) f
Galician: República de Corea f
Georgian: კორეის რესპუბლიკა (ḳoreis resṗubliḳa)
German: Republik Korea (de) f
Greek: Δημοκρατία της Κορέας f (Dimokratía tis Koréas)
Hebrew: רפובליקת קוריאה f
Hindi: कोरिया गणराज्य m (koriyā gaṇrājya)
Hungarian: Koreai Köztársaság (hu)
Icelandic: Lýðveldið Kórea
Ido: Republiko di Korea
Indonesian: Republik Korea
Irish: Poblacht na Cóiré f
Italian: Repubblica di Corea f
Japanese: 大韓民国 (ja) (だいかんみんこく, Daikan Minkoku)
Kazakh: Корея Республикасы (kk) (Koreä Respublikasy)
Khmer: សាធារណរដ្ឋ កូរ៉េ (saathiərĕəʼnaʼrŏət kouree)
Korean: 대한민국(大韓民國) (ko) (Daehanmin'guk)
Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດເກົາຫຼີ (sā thā la na lat kao lī)
Latin: Res publica Coreana f
Latvian: Korejas Republika f
Lithuanian: Korėjos Respublika
Luxembourgish: Republik Korea
Macedonian: Република Коре́ја f (Republika Koréja)
Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Kôrea
Malay: Republik Korea
Maltese: Repubblika tal-Korea
Marathi: कोरियाचे प्रजासत्ताक (koriyāce prajāsattāk)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Бүгд Найрамдах Солонгос Улс (Bügd Najramdax Solongos Uls), БНСУ (BNSU)
Nepali: गणतन्त्र कोरिया (gaṇatantra koriyā)
Norman: Républyique dé Corée f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Republikken Korea m

Nynorsk: Republikken Korea m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: جُمْهوریِ کُرِه (jomhuri-ye kore)
Polish: Republika Korei (pl) f
Portuguese: República da Coreia f
Romanian: Republica Coreea f
Romansch: Republica Corea f
Russian: Респу́блика Коре́я (ru) f (Respúblika Koréja)
Scots: Republic o Korea
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Репу̀блика Коре́ја f

Roman: Repùblika Koréja f
Sicilian: Ripùbblica di Corea f, Ripùbbrica di Corea f
Sinhalese: කොරියානු සමූහාණ්ඩුව (koriyānu samūhāṇḍuwa)
Slovak: Kórejská republika f
Slovene: Republika Koreja f
Spanish: República de Corea f
Swahili: Jamhuri ya Korea
Swedish: Republiken Korea c
Tamil: கொரியா குடியரசு (koriyā kuṭiyaracu)
Thai: สาธารณรัฐ เกาหลี (sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát gao-lǐi)
Turkish: Kore Cumhuriyeti (tr)
Ukrainian: Респу́бліка Коре́я f (Respúblika Koréja)
Urdu: جَمْہُورِیَہ کورِیَا m (jamhūriya koriyā), جُمْہُورِیَہ کورِیَا m (jumhūriya koriyā)
Uzbek: Koreya Respublikasi
Vietnamese: Đại Hàn Dân Quốc (vi) (大韓民國)
Welsh: Gweriniaeth Corea

Republic of Korea

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