Synonyms for korean
kəˈri ənko·re·an

Princeton's WordNet

1. Koreannoun

   a native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean language

2. Koreanadjective

   the Altaic language spoken by Koreans

3. Koreanadjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of Korea or its people or language

   "Korean handicrafts"

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1. List of paraphrases for "korean":

   korea, rok, peninsula, han, dprk, kure, corrie, inter-korean

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How to use korean in a sentence?

1. Suzanne Scholte:

   It is absolutely outrageous that they completely ignore the suffering of the North Korean people, especially North Korean women, if they truly cared, they would cross the South Korea border instead, which is actually more dangerous now than the DMZ.

2. Chung Su-yoon:

   I was so proud as a Korean to hear that a South Korean film defeated so many famous foreign films.

3. Anthony Rinna:

   Recently the Chinese government has stated that sanctions relief for North Korea is imperative, and Beijing has a much higher chance than Moscow of being taken seriously in Washington, furthermore, sanctions are a part of the joint Sino-Russian action plan for peace on the Korean Peninsula.

4. Mike Chinoy:

   All the choices with North Korea are bad, there's no evidence that the sanctions that have been in place in one form or another for many, many years have had any impact on North Korean behavior, even if they have hurt the North Koreans to some degree economically. So a ratcheting up of sanctions is unlikely to have the desired effect.

5. Kim Woo-tark:

   Because( South) Korea had to quickly get back on its feet after the Korean War, a structure was created that forces each workers to do a great amount, that structure has become a culture, a custom.