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  1.                 From en.wiktionary.org:
                    

    [corea]

    ** English

    *** Pronunciation

    - [en]

    *** Proper noun

    [en-proper noun]

    1. [en] . 2. * {{ quote-book |en |year=1669 |origyear=1665 |author=吴语: Johan Nieuhof |translator=w:John Ogilby |title=[An embassy from the East-India Company] |url=https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-126081-3026/ |origlang=nl |publisher=John Macock |location=London |OCLC=407084353 |page=6 |pageurl=https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-126081-3026/page/n17/ |text=All _China_ was formerly divided by the _Chineſe_ Emperour _Xunus_ into 12 Provinces; afterwards the Emperour _Yua_, who took upon him the Government after the death of _Xunus_, about 260 years before the Incarnation of our Saviour, reduced all _China_ into Nine Provinces, which only at that time comprehended the Northern Parts of _China_, and had for their Confines the River _Kiang_. But after that they had Conquered the Southern parts by degrees, and had ſomewhat civilized the Inhabitants, the whole Kingdom of _China_ was divided into 15 Provinces : Amongſt theſe alſo they reckon the Province of _Leaotung_, which is ſituated on the Weſt of _Peking_, where the great Wall begins, and the Hanging Iſland of _COREA_; both which pay Tribute to the Emperour.}}

    1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1699 | author=William Dampier | title=A New Voyage round the World | pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=adsNAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA274&dq=Corea | page=274 |passage=I would take the ſame method if I was to go to diſcover the North Eaſt Paſſage. I would winter about _Japan_, _COREA_, or the North Eaſt part of _China_; and taking the Spring and Summer before me, I would make my firſt trial on the Coaſt of _Tartary_ [...]}}

    1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1788 | translator=unknown | author=Jean-Baptiste Grosier | title=A General Description of China | pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Lm89AAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA245&dq=Corea | page=245 |passage=The Mantchews, thus maſters of COREA, endeavoured to compel their new ſubjects to ſhave their heads, after their manner, and to adopt the Tartar dreſs.}}

    1. * {{ quote-journal |en |date=April 7, 1888 |title='The Hermit Land.' |journal=w:Chambers's Journal |series=Fifth Series |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qe7NAAAAMAAJ/ |volume=V |issue=223 |OCLC=1088024082 |page=209 |pageurl=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qe7NAAAAMAAJ/page/n218/ |text=The Amnok, called also the Yalu, is a fine river which divides COREA from Manchuria.}}

    1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1922 | author=Elizabeth F. Parker | title=Amber | pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=W_EPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA12&dq=Corea | page=12 |passage=In the latter country it is mostly black and known as Whitby jet, while in COREA and Japan it is red in color and opaque.}}

    1. * [en]

    **** Usage notes

    - 1999 , Keith Pratt and Richard Rutt with additional material by James Hoare, _Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary_ , Routledge, page 232 - {{ quote-book | en | year=2004 | author=Andrew C. Nahm; James E. Hoare | title=Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea | publisher=Scarecrow Press | pages=95–96 |passage=In the late 1990s, a number of South Koreans began to claim that the Japanese had deliberately fostered the use of _Korea_ rather than _Corea_ so that Japan would be listed before Korea in country lists. [...]}}

    - {{ quote-book | en | year=2006 | author=Samuel S. Kim | title=The Two Koreas and the Great Powers | publisher=Cambridge University Press | page=50 |passage=[T]he spelling of Korea with a "K" is sometimes alleged to be a Japanese invention from the 吴语: Korea under Japanese rule so that Korea would follow Japan in alphabetical listings in the Roman alphabet.}}

    *** Further reading

    - [Corea, Korea]

    *** Anagrams

    - [en]

    ** Asturian

    [lang=ast]

    *** Proper noun

    [f]

    1. [ast]

    **** Related terms

    - [ast]

    ** Catalan

    *** Pronunciation

    - [é] < !-- per GDLC --> - [ca]

    *** Proper noun

    [f]

    1. [ca]

    **** Derived terms

    - [ca] - [ca] , [ca] - [ca] , [ca]

    ** Italian

    *** Pronunciation

    [Corèa]

    *** Proper noun

    [f]

    1. [it]

    **** Derived terms

    - [it]

    *** Anagrams

    - [it] [it]

    ** Latin

    *** Etymology

    Ultimately from [la][la]. [la]

    *** Pronunciation

    - [Corēa]

    *** Proper noun

    [Corēa <1>]

    1. [la] [la]

    **** Declension

    [Corēa <1>]

    **** Meronyms

    - [la] - [la] - [la] - [la] - [la]

    **** Derived terms

    - [la] - [la] - [la] - [la] , [la] , [la] (adj. Korean) - [la]

    ** Romansch

    *** Etymology

    From [rm].

    *** Proper noun

    [f]

    1. [rm]

    **** Derived terms

    - [rm] - [rm]

    ** Spanish

    *** Pronunciation

    [es-pr]

    *** Proper noun

    [f]

    1. [es] 2. [es]

    **** Derived terms

    {{col|es |ardilla de Corea |Corea del Norte |Corea del Sur |coreano|República Popular Democrática de Corea |República de Corea }}

    [es]

    ** Welsh

    [lang=cy]

    *** Etymology

    From [cy], [en], from [cy]. Ultimately from [cy].

    *** Pronunciation

    - [cy] - [cy]

    *** Proper noun

    [f]

    1. [cy]

    **** Derived terms

    {{col3|cy|Coread<t:Korean person> |Coreaidd<t:Korean> |Corëeg<t:Korean language> |De Corea<t:South Korea> |Gogledd Corea<t:South Korea> |Gweriniaeth Corea<t:Republic of Korea> |Gweriniaeth Pobl Ddemocrataidd Corea<t:People's Democratic Republic of Korea> }}

    *** Mutation

    [cy-mut]

    [cy]