동국

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Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 冬 (“winter”) + 菊 (“chrysanthemum”).

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?dongguk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?donggug
McCune–Reischauer?tongguk
Yale Romanization?tōngkwuk

Noun

동국 • (dongguk) (hanja 冬菊)

  1. chrysanthemum
    Synonym: 국화(菊花) (gukhwa)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 東 (“east”) + 國 (“country, land”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Dongguk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Donggug
McCune–Reischauer?Tongguk
Yale Romanization?tongkwuk

Proper noun

동국 • (Dongguk) (hanja 東國)

  1. (historical) Korea
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