KOREAN WAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Korean War mean? 

• KOREAN WAR (noun)
  The noun KOREAN WAR has 1 sense:

1. a war between North and South Korea; South Korea was aided by the United States and other members of the United Nations; 1950-1953

  Familiarity information: KOREAN WAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KOREAN WAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A war between North and South Korea; South Korea was aided by the United States and other members of the United Nations; 1950-1953

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)

Meronyms (parts of "Korean War"):

Inchon (a battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon)

Yalu River (a battle in the Korean War (November 1950); when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River 200,000 Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back)

Domain region:

Dae-Han-Min-Gook; Han-Gook; Korea; Korean Peninsula (an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook)