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

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

“Mistrust of the U.S. is growing,” said Cheong, who founded the ROK Forum for Nuclear Strategy, a group of 50 analysts, former military officials and academics who share his view that South Korea should acquire nuclear arms.

From Los Angeles Times

"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

“We can specify in our constitution the issue of completely occupying, subjugating and reclaiming the ROK and annexing it as a part of the territory of our republic in case a war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula,” Mr. Kim said, using the abbreviation of the South’s official name, the Republic of Korea.

From New York Times