Korean

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Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈha̠(ː)nna̠ɾa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Hannara
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Hannala
McCune–Reischauer?Hannara
Yale Romanization?hānnala

Etymology 1

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한(漢) (han, Han dynasty) +‎ 나라 (-nara, suffix for Chinese polities).

Proper noun

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한나라 (Hannara)

  1. (historical) Han dynasty (Chinese empire between 207 BCE and 220 CE)
  2. (historical) various later Chinese polities with this character, most of them very short-lived; see Han on Wikipedia

Etymology 2

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한(韓) (han) +‎ 나라 (-nara, Han kingdom, suffix for Chinese polities)

Proper noun

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한나라 (Hannara)

  1. (historical) Han, a major kingdom in the Central Plain during the Warring States period from 403 BCE to 230 BCE