Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haenyeo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: haenyeo
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female diver in South Korea who works harvesting molluscs, seaweed, etc.

Example Sentences

"The haenyeos have a system where they can harvest the nine species of aquatic organisms in a sustainable manner."

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 해녀 (haenyeo, literally “sea woman”)

Inflected Forms

haenyeos (plural)

Questions

What does haenyeo mean?: A female diver in South Korea who works harvesting molluscs, seaweed, etc.
Where does haenyeo come from?: Borrowed from Korean 해녀 (haenyeo, literally “sea woman”)

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