honam
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A historical region of South Korea, covering the modern-day Gwangju and Jeolla provinces.
Example Sentences
- "In the Honam region, the succession is through paternal lines based on tan'golp'an (hereditary priestly authority)."
- "While current regionalism is mainly a conflict between the Youngnam and Honam regions, its historical origin goes farther back in the period of the Three States (1st century- 7th century). In the late 7th century, Silla, which roughly corresponds to the current Youngnam region, unified the peninsula by conquering Paekche, which also roughly corresponds to the current Honam region, with the help of T'ang China."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 河南