korean peninsula
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1. an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | peninsula, |
| definition | : | a large mass of land projecting into a body of water (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | chosen, |
| definition | : | the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945) (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | republic of korea, south korea, |
| definition | : | a republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948 (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | asia, |
| definition | : | the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations (noun.object) |
| domain member region | : | chino-japanese war, sino-japanese war, |
| definition | : | a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur (noun.act) |
| domain member region | : | korean war, |
| definition | : | a war between North and South Korea; South Korea was aided by the United States and other members of the United Nations; 1950-1953 (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | korean, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of Korea or its people or language (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | korean, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of Korea or its people or language (adj.pert) |
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