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{{Nation|common_name=Corea |
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|full_name= Republic of Corea |
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|flag=Nationalist Corea 2.png |
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== Etymology == |
== Etymology == |
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The official name of the country in [[Corean]] is 대한단국, usually simply translated as 'great Corean state |
The official name of the country in [[Corean]] is 대한단국, usually simply translated as 'great Corean state'. In English, 'Corea' itself (Dutch: ''Corea'', French: ''Corée'', [[Amerikaens#Tussenlandic Amerikaens|Tussenlandic]]: ''Corrî'') comes from a corruption of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goryeo Korja], a Corean kingdom. Its earliest attested form in Europe was Latin ''Caule'', which became Old Dutch ''Core'' before transforming into its modern variant. |
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In English, 'Corea' itself (Dutch: ''Corea'', French: ''Corée'', [[Amerikaens#Tussenlandic Amerikaens|Tussenlandic]]: ''Corrî'') comes from a corruption of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goryeo Korja], a Corean kingdom. Its earliest attested form in Europe was Latin ''Caule'', which became Old Dutch ''Core'' before transforming into its modern variant. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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==== Collective identity ==== |
==== Collective identity ==== |
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During the Tsjosan period, Coreans called themselves the 조선인 (lit. ''tsjosan people''). After 1883, the state mandated the switch to Sjakwang (Hankoel: 서광인), though most people in the Sinosphere casually used the old term. Following the fall of Sjakwang during the 1930s, the new Corean state finally changed the ethnonational collective term to Han (Chinese: 韓), the ancient term used for and by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhan ancient Corean confederacies]. |
During the Tsjosan period, Coreans called themselves the 조선인 (lit. ''tsjosan people''). After 1883, the state mandated the switch to Sjakwang (Hankoel: 서광인), though most people in the Sinosphere casually used the old term. Following the fall of Sjakwang during the 1930s, the new Corean state finally changed the ethnonational collective term to Han (Chinese: 韓), the ancient term used for and by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhan ancient Corean confederacies]. |
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[[File:Korean Mary.png|thumb|321x321px|A painting of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus surrounded by multiethnic children, representing the worldwide Christian community (1910s, Oelsan). ]] |
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== Religion == |
== Religion == |
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* [[Tedjo of Sjakwang|Tedjo]] (태조, 1883-1921) |
* [[Tedjo of Sjakwang|Tedjo]] (태조, 1883-1921) |
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* Hjodjo (효조, 1921-1935) |
* Hjodjo (효조, 1921-1935) |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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