아리수

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Korean

Etymology

From Sino-Korean hanja 阿利水, whose exact referent is being sharply debated.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?arisu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?alisu
McCune–Reischauer?arisu
Yale Romanization?aliswu

Noun

아리수 (arisu)

  1. alleged on the one hand to be the earlier name of 한강 (漢江, han'gang, “Han River”) that flows through Seoul to the west
  2. alleged on the other to be the earlier name of 압록강 (鴨綠江, amnokgang, “Yalu River”) that flows between Manchuria and the Korean peninsular to the west

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References

  1. ^ 국립국어연구원, 표준국어대사전
  2. ^ 국어고전문화원 (國語古典文化院)
  3. ^ 삼국사기, 권 25 (samguk-sagi, gwon 25) Samguksagi, Volume 25