Rok

¹ American  

[rok] / rɒk /

noun

1. a soldier in the army of the Republic of Korea.

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ROK ² American  

1. Republic of Korea.

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ROK British  

abbreviation

1. South Korea (international car registration)

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Etymology

Origin of Rok

R(epublic) o(f ) K(orea)

Example Sentences

Rockwell Automation ROK -0.11%decrease; red down pointing triangle lifted its full-year guidance as rising demand boosted profits in the fiscal first quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Clear is just the fact that the drone from the ROK violated the airspace of our country," she added, according to KCNA.

From Barron's

Dr Rok Nežič, who is the tours and outreach officer at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, said there were ways to measure wind speed before the four cup anemometer, "but they weren't very accurate".

From BBC

"Mounds of wastepaper and filth will soon be scattered over the border areas and the interior of the ROK and it will directly experience how much effort is required to remove them," said North Korea's vice-minister of defence Kim Kang Il said in a statement to state media on Sunday.

From BBC

Research Professor Kyeong Rok Choi, the first author of this paper, said, "Microbial foods produced from various sustainable raw materials will soon be commonly encountered at our tables."

From Science Daily