"Traditional name"
The name Korea is commonly a female name.
Korea is the English name of the East Asian peninsula and country. The word comes from Goryeo (also written Koryo), the dynasty that ruled from 918 to 1392, and that dynasty name goes back to the earlier kingdom of Goguryeo. As a personal name it is the place name itself; the sources consulted document no separate given-name tradition behind it.
The pronunciation of Korea is kuh-REE-uh.
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