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koguryo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
koguryo
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Goguryeo: (historical) An ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 37 BCE to 668 CE; at its maximum covering all of North Korea, the northern part of South Korea, parts of Manchuria in northeast China, and parts of Primorsky Krai in Russia

Etymology

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 고구려(高句麗) (Goguryeo).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ^고구려(高句麗)

Questions

What does koguryo mean?
Alternative form of Goguryeo: (historical) An ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 37 BCE to 668 CE; at its maximum covering all of North Korea, the northern part of South Korea, parts of Manchuria in northeast China, and parts of Primorsky Krai in Russia
Where does koguryo come from?
It is traced to Korean.

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