Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 英美 (England and America) + (area), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeongmigwon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeongmigwon
McCune–Reischauer?yŏngmikwŏn
Yale Romanization?yengmiqkwen

Noun edit

영미권 (yeongmigwon) (hanja 英美圈)

  1. The Anglosphere; the predominantly English-speaking states under Anglo-American cultural and political hegemony

Usage notes edit

영어권 (英語圈, yeong'eogwon) pertains to the linguistic Anglosphere, while 영미권 (英美圈, yeongmigwon) is a cultural or geopolitics-oriented term.