Korean

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Etymology

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From Sino-Korean hanja 阿利水, whose exact referent is being sharply debated.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?arisu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?alisu
McCune–Reischauer?arisu
Yale Romanization?aliswu

Noun

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아리수 (arisu)

  1. alleged on the one hand to be the earlier name of 한강 (漢江, han'gang, “Han River”) that flows through Seoul to the west[1]
  2. alleged on the other to be the earlier name of 압록강 (鴨綠江, amnokgang, “Yalu River”) that flows between Manchuria and the Korean peninsular to the west[2]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 국립국어연구원, 표준국어대사전 [1]
  2. ^ 국어고전문화원 (國語古典文化院)
  3. ^ 삼국사기, 권 25 (samguk-sagi, gwon 25) Samguksagi, Volume 25