Korean War

English

Proper noun

the Korean War

1. (historical) A war fought in the Korean Peninsula from 1950–1953 between the Soviet Union-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United Nations-backed Republic of Korea.
2. (pedantic) A situation of formal war that is de jure in progress since the 1950s on the Korean Peninsula, that has not had a formal resolution and peace treaty, but only has a longstanding armistice in place.

Derived terms

• First Korean War
• Second Korean War

Translations

war lasting from 1950 to 1953

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朝鮮戰爭 / 朝鲜战争 (zh) (Cháoxiǎn zhànzhēng), 韓戰 / 韩战 (zh) (Hánzhàn), 抗美援朝 (zh) (kàngměiyuáncháo) (after Chinese intervention)

• Czech: korejská válka f
• Finnish: Korean sota
• French: Guerre de Corée f
• German: Koreakrieg (de) m
• Hindi: कोरियाई युद्ध m (koriyāī yuddh)
• Japanese: 朝鮮戦争 (ちょうせんせんそう, Chōsen sensō)
• Korean: 한국전쟁(韓國戰爭) (ko) (Han'gukjeonjaeng), 6.25 (yugio), 육이오(六二五) (ko) (yugio), 조선전쟁(朝鮮戰爭) (Joseonjeonjaeng), 조국해방전쟁(祖國解放戰爭) (ko) (Jogukhaebangjeonjaeng) (North Korea), 6·25 (yugio)
• Lithuanian: Korėjos karas m
• Marathi: कोरियन युद्ध n (koriyan yuddha)
• Mongolian: Солонгосын дайн (Solongosyn dajn)
• Russian: Коре́йская война́ f (Koréjskaja vojná)
• Spanish: Guerra de Corea f
• Swedish: koreakrig n
• Turkish: Kore Savaşı
• Urdu: کورِیائِی جَن٘گ f (koriyāī jang)

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