선봉

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Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 先鋒

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?seonbong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seonbong
McCune–Reischauer?sŏnbong
Yale Romanization?sēnpong

Noun

선봉 (seonbong) (hanja 先鋒)

  1. pioneer; vanguard

Proper noun

선봉 (Seonbong) (hanja 先鋒)

  1. Sonbong (a district of Rason, North Korea)