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russia | korea |

As proper nouns the difference between russia and korea

is that russia is russia while korea is korea.

russia

English

(wikipedia Russia)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The Country extends from the Gulf of Finland to the Pacific Ocean, and was part of the USSR from 1922 to 1991. Co-official name - Russian Federation,'' formerly the ''Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic'' (RSFSR), Capital and largest city ''Moscow
  • (historical, informal) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (a very common name, although more formally Russia, the RSFSR, was one of several constituent republics of the USSR).
  • (historical) The Russian Empire.
  • (historical, dated) Rus, the medieval East Slavic state.
  • (dated, countable) Any of several East Slavic states descended from the Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia or Kievan Russia).
  • *1842 , George Eliot, "Letter to Cara Bray", Selections from George Eliot's letters , page 24:
  • Or rather if I be attaining a better autocratship than that of the Emperor of all the Russias – the empire over self.

    Derived terms

    * Black Russia * Great Russia * Kievan Russia * Little Russia * Mother Russia * New Russia * Russia calf * Russia iron * Russia leather * Russia linen * Russia mat * Russia matting * Russian * White Russia

    See also

    * * * Former Soviet Union * Former USSR * Soviet Union (historical) * USSR (historical) * English words suffixed with -ia ----

    korea

    English

    (wikipedia Korea)

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Proper noun

    (Koreas)
  • An ancient country in East Asia. Since World War II, Korea has been divided into two sovereign states, commonly called South Korea and North Korea in the US, or Korea and North Korea in the UK.
  • An informal name for the Republic of Korea (South Korea) or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
  • Informal term for the Korean Peninsula
  • Derived terms

    * Korean

    See also

    * (Names of Korea) ----