식민지

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 식민(植民) (singmin, colonize) + 지(地) (ji, land).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?singminji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sigminji
McCune–Reischauer?singminji
Yale Romanization?sikmin.ci

Noun

식민지 (singminji) (hanja 植民地)

  1. colony, settlement

Derived terms