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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 越 (“cross over, go to”) + 北 (“north”).
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | wolbuk |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | wolbug |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | wŏlbuk |
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| Yale Romanization? | wel.puk |
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Noun
월북 • (wolbuk) (hanja 越北)
- going north over the border; defecting to North Korea
- Antonym: 월남(越南) (wollam)
- (specifically) a group of Korean writers who moved from the US-occupied South Korea to the Soviet-occupied North Korea after the separation in 1945
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