transcription, транскрипция: [ kə-ˈrē-ə, especially South ]
(ˌ)kō- geographical name
1. peninsula 600 miles (966 kilometers ) long & 135 miles (217 kilometers ) wide E Asia between Yellow Sea & Sea of Japan (East Sea)
2. or Japanese Cho·sen ˈchō-ˈsen 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)