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In the Hangul script, first attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean나랗〮 (Yale: nàláh), from Old Korean國惡(*NALak). Compare Yukjin dialect 나랑(narang), which preserves the velar nature of the coda consonant.
Beyond Koreanic, the word is usually connected to Proto-Tungusic*nā(“land”), and hence Manchuᠨᠠ(na, “land”) and Nanaiна(na, “land”), with *lak~*lah being a suffix. Also cf.-tah in Middle Korean ᄯᅡᇂ(stah, “ground, land”) > Korean 땅(ttang, “ibid.”) and -lk in Middle Korean ᄒᆞᆰ(holk, “earth, soil”) > Korean 흙(heuk, “ibid.”).
Qianlong emperor was an emperor of the Qing dynasty.
Usage notes
Used only for historical Chinese polities with single-syllable names. Thus 송(宋)나라(Song-nara, “Song dynasty”) but simply 북송(北宋)(Buksong, “Northern Song”). *북송나라(*Buksong-nara) is ungrammatical.