남산

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Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 南山.

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?Namsan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Namsan
McCune–Reischauer?Namsan
Yale Romanization?nāmsan

Proper noun

남산 (Namsan) (hanja 南山)

  1. Namsan Mountain (a mountain in Seoul, South Korea)
  2. (historical, metonymically) the KCIA or the ANSP, which had their headquarters on Namsan