Korean
adjective
of or relating to Korea, its inhabitants, or their language.
Korean
American
[kuh-ree-uhn, kaw-, koh-]
/ kəˈri ən, kɔ-, koʊ- /
adjective
noun
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a native or inhabitant of South Korea or North Korea.
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the language of South Korea or North Korea. Kor
korean
British
/ kəˈriːən /
adjective
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Korea
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the official language of North and South Korea, considered by some scholars to be part of the Altaic family of languages
Etymology
Origin of Korean
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The Korean players are even cheaper, with Samsung and SK Hynix in the six- to seven-times range, per FactSet data.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Players will also get to play once again as fan-favourite Captain Price, who will appear in different missions in several cities alongside the Korean campaign.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Nearly half of the booming Roundhill Memory ETF, the fastest-ever to reach $10 billion in assets, is made up of two South Korean chip makers, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Just days before, South Korea's top court had overturned its 1992 ruling that defined tattooing as a medical act - bringing to an end Korean tattooists' decades-long fight for legitimacy.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
It’s really boring, because they speak mostly in Korean.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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