"DPRK" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: D.P.R.K. [alternative, rare]
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  1. Initialism of Democratic People's Republic of Korea, official name of North Korea: a country in East Asia. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Democratic People's Republic of Korea (extra: a country in East Asia), official name of North Korea (extra: a country in East Asia) Categories (place): Countries in Asia Translations (Democratic People's Republic of Korea — see also North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea): КЖДР (KʼẐDR) (Abkhaz), ԿԺԴՀ (KŽDH) (Armenian), RPDC [feminine] (Asturian), KXDR (Azerbaijani), КХДР (KXDR) (Bashkir), КНДР (KNDR) [feminine] (Belarusian), КНДР (KNDR) [feminine] (Bulgarian), RPDC [feminine] (Catalan), КХДР (KXDR) (Chechen), КХДР (KHDR) (Chuvash), KLDR [feminine] (Czech), Korea RDV (Estonian), KRDV [rare] (Estonian), KDKT [rare] (Finnish), RPDC [feminine] (French), RPDC [feminine] (Galician), DVRK [feminine] (German), KDVR [East, Germany, feminine] (German), KNDK (Hungarian), RRDK (Indonesian), RPDC [feminine] (Italian), КХДР (KXDR) [feminine] (Karachay-Balkar), КХДР (KXDR) (Kazakh), КЭДР (KEDR) (Kyrgyz), КХДР (KꞳDR) (Lezgi), ДНРК (DNRK) [feminine] (Macedonian), RRDK (Malay), RDPK [feminine] (Maltese), БНАСАУ (BNASAU) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), RDPC [feminine] (Occitan), КАДР (KADR) (Ossetian), KRLD [feminine] (Polish), RPDC [feminine] (Portuguese), RPDC [feminine] (Romanian), КНДР (KNDR) [feminine] (Russian), ДНРК [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), DNRK [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), KRLD [feminine] (Silesian), KĽDR [feminine] (Slovak), DLRK [feminine] (Slovene), RPDC [feminine] (Spanish), КХДР (KXDR) (Tatar), КХДҖ (KXDC) (Tatar), KDHC (Turkish), КУДР (KUDR) (Tuvan), КНДР (KNDR) [feminine] (Ukrainian), КХДР (KXDR) (Uzbek), KXDR (Uzbek), КЛДР (KLDR) (West Circassian)
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Alternative forms

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      "roman": "KXDR",
      "sense": "Democratic People's Republic of Korea — see also North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea",
      "word": "КХДР"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "sense": "Democratic People's Republic of Korea — see also North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea",
      "word": "KXDR"
    },
    {
      "code": "ady",
      "lang": "West Circassian",
      "lang_code": "ady",
      "roman": "KLDR",
      "sense": "Democratic People's Republic of Korea — see also North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea",
      "word": "КЛДР"
    }
  ],
  "word": "DPRK"
}

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