Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

koryo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: ko-ryo
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Goryeo.

Etymology

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 고려(高麗) (Goryeo).

Origin

Source language: Korean

Word Breakdown

Root: ^고려(高麗)

Questions

What does koryo mean?: Alternative form of Goryeo.
Where does koryo come from?: It is traced to Korean.

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