Home › Words › K › koreanovelakoreanovelakoreanovela means A soap opera originating in Korea.EtymologyBlend of Korean + telenovela.nounA soap opera originating in Korea.e.g.“Prime time on Philippine television has become the time of "Koreanovelas,” said one media watcher.” — 2006, Ronald Meinardus, Liberal Times in the Philippines: Reflections on Politics, Society and the Role of the Media, page 190:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chinovela 70% match — A soap opera of Chinese origin. vs koreanovela →telenovela 66% match — A television soap opera presented as a miniseries. vs koreanovela →telenovel 64% match — A serialized television drama. vs koreanovela →teleserye 60% match — A Philippine television drama, serialized in the manner of a soap opera. vs koreanovela →dorama 58% match — Japanese TV drama. vs koreanovela →webnovela 58% match — A Latin American or European dramatized series, inspired by fan fiction, that is presented as a set of video chapters on the internet. vs koreanovela →lakorn 56% match — a Thai television drama vs koreanovela →manhwa 55% match — A comic originating in Korea. vs koreanovela →