롱구

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 籠球, from (basket) + (ball), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese (ろう)(きゅう) (rōkyū).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ronggu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?longgu
McCune–Reischauer?ronggu
Yale Romanization?longkwu

Noun

롱구 (ronggu) (hanja 籠球)

South Korean
Standard Language
농구(籠球) (nonggu)
North Korean
Standard Language
롱구(籠球) (ronggu)
  1. (North Korea, sports) basketball