高麗

From a shortening of 高句麗／高句丽 (Gāogōulí).

高麗

1. (historical) Goryeo
2. (historical) Synonym of 高句麗／高句丽 (Gāogōulí, “Goguryeo”).

   • 是歲，高麗王雲死，以世子安為其國王。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     是岁，高丽王云死，以世子安为其国王。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE

     Shì suì, Gāolí wáng Yún sǐ, yǐ shìzǐ Ān wéi qí guówáng. [Pinyin]

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   • 乙巳，以漢王諒為行軍元帥，水陸三十萬伐高麗。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     乙巳，以汉王谅为行军元帅，水陆三十万伐高丽。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Sui, 636 CE

     Yǐsì, yǐ Hàn Wáng Liàng wéi xíngjūn yuánshuài, shuǐlù sānshí wàn fá Gāolí. [Pinyin]

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   • 總章元年十月，司空李勣破高麗國，虜其王，下城百七十，戶六十九萬七千二百。二年，徙高麗民三萬，配江淮以南、山南、京西。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     总章元年十月，司空李𪟝破高丽国，虏其王，下城百七十，户六十九万七千二百。二年，徙高丽民三万，配江淮以南、山南、京西。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Du You, Tongdian, 766 – 801 CE

     Zǒngzhāng yuán nián shí yuè, sīkōng Lǐ Jì pò Gāolí guó, lǔ qí wáng, xià chéng bǎi qīshí, hù liùshíjiǔ wàn qī qiān èrbǎi. Èr nián, xǐ Gāolí mín sān wàn, pèi Jiānghuái yǐnán, Shānnán, jīng xī. [Pinyin]

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3. (historical or in compounds) Korea

   高麗參／高丽参  ―  gāolíshēn  ―  Korean ginseng

Others:

• → Dutch: Korea
• → English: Korea
• → French: Corée
• → German: Korea
• → Italian: Corea
• → Lao: ເກົາຫຼີ (kao lī, “Korea”)
• → New Latin: Corea
• → Portuguese: Coreia
• → Russian: Коре́я (Koréja)
• → Spanish: Corea
• → Thai: เกาหลี (gao-lǐi, “Korea”)

高麗

1. (Min Nan) Korean ginseng

• Governor-General of Taiwan (1931–1932), “高麗”, in 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor, 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (in Japanese and Min Nan), Taihoku: 同府 (Dōfu), →OCLC
• “Entry #6924”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

From Dutch kool.

高麗

1. (Teochew) cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)

高麗

1. (literary) noble and splendid

⟨ko₂ma⟩ → */koma/ → /koma/

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[1]

May be a Baekje ethnonym. Alternatively, may be a Goguryeo word or name, considering the history of the Koma clan, immigrants to Japan from the fall of the Goguryeo kingdom in the latter half of the 600s.

• (Tokyo) こ​ま [kóꜜmà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ma̠]

高麗(こま) • (koma-) 

1. [from 759] indicates something that was originally imported via the Korean Peninsula

高麗(こま) • (Koma) 

1. [from 759] (historical) the Goguryeo kingdom, located on the Korean Peninsula 37 BCE–668 CE
2. [from 759] (archaic) Korea, the Korean Peninsula (used more commonly in compounds than as a standalone term)
3. [from 759] (historical) a county in Saitama Prefecture (originally settled in the mid-600s CE by immigrants from the Korean Peninsula; abolished as an administrative entity in 1896)

Borrowed from Middle Korean. Cognate with modern Korean 고려 (goryeo) and English Korea.

Appears with this reading in The Pillow Book, completed in the early 1000s CE.

• (Tokyo) こーらい [kòóráí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
• (Tokyo) こ​ーらい [kóꜜòràì] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɾa̠i]

高(こう)麗(らい) • (Kōrai) ^{←かうらい (kaurai)?}

1. [from early 1000s] (historical) the Goryeo kingdom, located on the Korean Peninsula 918–1392 CE

高麗 • (goryeo) (hangeul 고려)

1. Hanja form^? of 고려 (“Goryeo”).

高麗 (hiragana こーれー, romaji Kōrē)

1. Goryeo
2. Korea

   Synonym: 韓国 (Kwankuku), 朝鮮 (Chōshin)

高麗

1. chữ Hán form of Cao Li (“Goryeo”).