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land of the morning calm

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
land of the -morn-ing -calm
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Korea.

Etymology

Calque of Korean 조선(朝鮮) (Joseon, “Korea”), from 조(朝) (jo, “morning”) + 선(鮮) (seon, “fresh”).

Inflected Forms

the Land of the Morning Calm (canonical)

Questions

What does land of the morning calm mean?
Korea.
Where does land of the morning calm come from?
Calque of Korean 조선(朝鮮) (Joseon, “Korea”), from 조(朝) (jo, “morning”) + 선(鮮) (seon, “fresh”).

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