우아

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ua̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [우아]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ua
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ua
McCune–Reischauer?	ua
Yale Romanization?	wua

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 優雅

Noun

우아 • (ua) (hanja 優雅)

1. Root of 우아하다 (uahada, “to be elegant”) / 우아스럽다 (uaseureopda, “to appear elegant”). Rarely used alone.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

우아 • (ua)

1. wow!