Hermit Kingdom

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Hermit Kingdom: see Korea Korea , Korean Hanguk or Choson, region and historic country (85,049 sq mi/220,277 sq km), E Asia. A peninsula, 600 mi (966 km) long, Korea separates the Sea of Japan (called the East Sea by Koreans) on the east from the Yellow Sea (and Korea Bay [or
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Hermit Kingdom

the Korea; so called for 300-year closed-door policy. [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 286]

See : Xenophobia

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