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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 南山.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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남산 (Namsan) (hanja 南山)

  1. Namsan Mountain (a mountain in Seoul, South Korea)
  2. (historical, metonymically) the KCIA or the ANSP, which had their headquarters on Namsan