Koreaとは

意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Corea (now まれに)

語源

Ultimately from Sino-Korean 고려 (高麗, Goryeo), perhaps via Mandarin 高麗／高丽 (Gāolí), the Mandarin reading of Sino-Korean 고려(高麗) (Goryeo), the official name of the country between 918 and 1394 and a common alternative name in China for centuries thereafter. A European intermediary was probably involved. The spelling Corea was more common in Early Modern English. Doublet of Goryeo.

The word cannot be directly from Korean because Corea and Korea were already in common usage (due to European presence in China) before there was any real contact between Koreans and Europeans.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹi.ə/, [kʰɵˈɹi.ə]
• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹiːə/, [kʰɵˈɹiːə]
• Homophone: career (non-rhotic)
• 韻: -iːə

固有名詞

Korea (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 Koreas)

2. An ancient country in East Asia. Since World War II, Korea has been divided into two sovereign states, commonly called South Korea and North Korea in the US, or Korea and North Korea in the UK.
3. (informal) The Republic of Korea (South Korea).
4. (informal) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
6. (informal) The Korean Peninsula.

派生語

参考

• Names of Korea on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

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