Korean
adjective
of or relating to Korea, its inhabitants, or their language.
Koreans
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pluralof Korean.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The chain was accused of trivialising the nation's landmark protest movement and insulting the dead, remembered as martyrs by many South Koreans.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
More Koreans live there than in any city in the United States besides New York or Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
But many North Koreans used MP3 players or tiny SD cards.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
And even as the number of South Koreans who identify as Buddhist has remained static, Buddhism was viewed the most favourably of four belief systems polled in a 2025 "Religion Perception Survey" by Korea Research.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Also widespread in Japan is the theory that the Japanese are descended from horse-riding Central Asian nomads who passed through Korea to conquer Japan in the 4th century A.D. but who were emphatically not Koreans.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
