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Ever wondered where Korea got its name? Wonder why.
"Korea" is from the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392). In the 12th Century, merchants from Arabia and India "discovered" Korea when passing at the time the Chinese/Mongolian Won Dynasty (The Mongol Empire). And they pronounced "Goryeo" into something similar to "Corea". Then the Frenchies (or French Fries) came by and named us Corée. Then the English Muffins who shared a lot of cultural ties with France, named it Corea. I love giving countries nicknames.
Then the Goryeo Dynasty got wiped off the map and the Joeson Dynasty came in, however the Europeans did not change what they called the Korean Peninsula. Then the Japanese rule came in 1910, and apparently they wanted "J" (of Japan) to be in front of "C" (Of Corea) so they changed Corea into Korea. the English language called it Korea from then. The Romance Languages (Languages spoken in Italy, France, and the Iberian Peninsula) still let Korea start with a C.
Some Korean activists want nationalism to kick in and rename the Republic of Korea into the Republic of Corea, but that's just millions of dollars wasted, and when the activists told the world that this is about nationalism, I don't get why Arabians and French people trying to write and pronounce the word "고려" (Goryeo) is a nationalistic thing, unless they're saying that we share the same heritage and ancestry (Well, we all share the same ancestry since we all have 1 or 2 common ancestors from the start of humanity, but I'm not talking that far.) This is a nice short post for the night. (Or midnight)
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