/keuh ree"euh, kaw-, koh-/ , n.
1. a former country in E Asia, on a peninsula SE of Manchuria and between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: a kingdom prior to 1910; under Japanese rule 1910-45; now divided at 38° N into North Korea and South Korea. Cf. Korean War .
2. Democratic People's Republic of , official name of North Korea .
3. Republic of , official name of South Korea . Cf. North Korea, South Korea .