English Explanatory Dictionary

Korean War

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. 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. 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.

Word forms

Korean War the Korean War

Derived words

First Korean War Second Korean War
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