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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
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 [syn: Korea, Korean Peninsula, Dae- Han-Min-Gook, Han-Gook]

Merriam Webster's

geographical name 1. peninsula 600 miles (966 kilometers) long & 135 miles (217 kilometers) wide E Asia between Yellow Sea & Sea of Japan 2. (or Japanese Chosen) country coextensive with the peninsula; once a kingdom & (1910-45) a Japanese dependency capital Seoul; divided 1948 at 38th parallel into republics of North Korea (capital Pyongyang area 46,609 square miles or 120,717 square kilometers, population 22,646,000) & South Korea (capital Seoul area 38,022 square miles or 98,477 square kilometers, population 44,042,000)