대동

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 大洞, from 大 (“big”) + 洞 (“dong”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)do̞ŋ] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)do̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)동/데(ː)동]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Daedong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Daedong
McCune–Reischauer?	Taedong
Yale Romanization?	tāytong

Proper noun

대동 • (Daedong) (hanja 大洞)

1. Dae-dong (a locality in Dong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 大東, from 大 (“big”) + 東 (“east”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)do̞ŋ] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)do̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)동/데(ː)동]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Daedong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Daedong
McCune–Reischauer?	Taedong
Yale Romanization?	tāytong

Proper noun

대동 • (Daedong) (hanja 大東)

1. (historical) Korea