Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 白堊館, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 白堊館(はくあかん) (Hakuakan).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pɛɡa̠k̚k͈wa̠n] ~ [pe̞ɡa̠k̚k͈wa̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Baegakgwan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Baeg'aggwan
McCune–Reischauer?Paegakkwan
Yale Romanization?payk.ak.kwan

Proper noun

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백악관 (Baegakgwan) (hanja 白堊館)

  1. the White House (The official residence of the President of the United States of America)

Synonyms

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