Hàn Quốc

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 韓國, from Korean 한국 (Han'guk); see further notes there. In Vietnam, this name was adopted in 1994 by the request of South Korea, whose position is that Triều Tiên (“Joseon”) is not the preferred term as it is associated with North Korea. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [haːn˨˩ kuək̚˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [haːŋ˦˩ kuək̚˦˧˥] (Saigon) IPA(key): [haːŋ˨˩ wək̚˦˥] === Proper noun === Hàn Quốc South Korea (a country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula; official name: Đại Hàn Dân Quốc (“Republic of Korea”)) Synonyms: (previously North Vietnam) Nam Triều Tiên, (Overseas Vietnamese, previously South Vietnam) Nam Hàn === Adjective === Hàn Quốc South Korean Synonyms: Hàn, Nam Hàn === See also === Bắc Triều Tiên (“North Korea”) Triều Tiên (“Korea”) === References ===