hermit kingdom

noun

Definitions

  1. Any country or organization that deliberately isolates itself from the wider world.

  2. North Korea.

    • Her name is Yeonmi Park, and she escaped from the “Hermit Kingdom” of North Korea at the age of 13.
    • The ministry pointed out that the envoys brought focus on North Korean workers as the Hermit Kingdom is expected to further reopen its international borders as the COVID-19 situation improves globally.
  3. Synonym of Tibet (“a former country in East Asia that existed from 1912 until its…

    Synonym of Tibet (“a former country in East Asia that existed from 1912 until its annexation by China in 1951.”)

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