korean war
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
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.
name
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.
Example Sentences
- "In the first few days of the Korean War, when international tension was at its height, Stalin added to his existing titles as the leader of progressive humanity, the supreme philosopher, scientist, strategist, etc., the further distinction of being the world's greatest philologist."
Inflected Forms
the Korean War (canonical)
Phrases
First Korean War
Second Korean War