Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 外國, from (outside) + (country)

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈwe̞(ː)ɡuk̚] ~ [ˈø̞(ː)ɡuk̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?oeguk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?oegug
McCune–Reischauer?oeguk
Yale Romanization?ōykwuk

Noun

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외국 (oeguk) (hanja 外國)

  1. a foreign country

Derived terms

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