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balhae

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
bal-hae
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A kingdom in southern and eastern Manchuria (in modern China and Russia) and northeastern Korea (in modern North Korea) in the late first millennium, which existed from 698 CE to 926 CE.

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 발해 (balhae).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Parhae (alternative) Bohai (alternative) Puhai (alternative) Bokkai (alternative)

Questions

What does balhae mean?
A kingdom in southern and eastern Manchuria (in modern China and Russia) and northeastern Korea (in modern North Korea) in the late first millennium, which existed from 698 CE to 926 CE.
Where does balhae come from?
It is traced to Korean.

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