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Definition of Korean strait
1. Noun. A strait between Korea and Japan; connects the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Korean Strait
Literary usage of Korean strait
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. R.U.S.I. and Brassey's Defence Yearbook by Royal United Services Institute Staff, Thomas Allnutt Brassey Brassey (1906)
"to pass through the korean strait, although thereby he brought himself within
range of the Japanese naval arsenal of Sasebo. Moreover, the La Perouse Strait ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1905)
"... steaming northeast apparently toward Tsushima (Tsu Island), which divides the
korean strait into the eastern and western channels. ..."
3. Japan and Japanese-American Relations by George Hubbard Blakeslee (1912)
"... must of necessity have been a constant menace to the safety of Nippon; but in
this age of steam, when the korean strait has been transformed into a mere ..."
4. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1883)
"... not to have fallen low enough to have closed likewise the korean strait, and
permitted an immigration into Japan by an ice-bridge there likewise. ..."
5. The United Service (1902)
"Korea divides Port Arthur from Vladivostock for nayal purposes, and the Japanese
fortress of Tsushima threatens ships passing through the korean strait. ..."
6. The New Far East: An Examination Into the New Position of Japan and Her by Thomas Franklin Millard (1906)
"The "Russia" was seized in the korean strait on February 5th, and one or two
smaller Russian merchant vessels were seized off the Korean coast either on the ..."
7. Review of Reviews and World's Work by Albert Shaw (1904)
"... must inevitably become Russian territory, in order to give the Russian fleet
a free passage through the korean strait. ..."
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