고조선

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Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 古朝鮮

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Gojoseon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Gojoseon
McCune–Reischauer?Kojosŏn
Yale Romanization?kōcosen
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Proper noun

고조선 (Gojoseon) (hanja 古朝鮮)

  1. (historical) Gojoseon, an ancient kingdom on the Korean peninsula (? – 108 BCE)

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