Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 공화(共和) (gonghwa, republic) + 국(國) (guk, country), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 共和国(きょうわこく) (kyōwakoku).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈko̞(ː)ŋβwa̠ɡuk̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gonghwaguk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gonghwagug
McCune–Reischauer?konghwaguk
Yale Romanization?kōnghwakwuk

Noun

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공화국 (gonghwaguk) (hanja 共和國)

  1. republic
    Synonym: (dated) 민국(民國) (min'guk)
    남아프리카공화국
    Namapeurikagonghwaguk
    Republic of South Africa

Derived terms

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Proper noun

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공화국 (Gonghwaguk) (hanja 共和國)

  1. (North Korea) Short for 조선민주주의인민공화국 (Joseonminjujuuiinmin'gonghwaguk, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea).