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Vinony

Korean

proper noun

  1. East Asian language
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kəˈɹi.ən/ / /kəˈɹiːən/

adj

Etymology: From Korea + -an.

  1. Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea.

    “The show’s stage design features bojagi, traditional Korean patchwork. The audience members are also presented with Korean traditional dance, including buchaechum, or “fan dance,” performed by a group of female dancers using fans painted in different colors.”

  2. Of or relating to the Korean language.

name

Etymology: From Korea + -an.

  1. Official language of the people residing on the Korean Peninsula, and language of approximately 60 million people, in Asia, North America, and elsewhere.

noun

Etymology: From Korea + -an.

  1. A person of an ethnic group indigenous to the Korean Peninsula.

    “The legacy of the Korean independence movement remains today: nearly two million ethnic Koreans live in China, half of them in the Yenpien Korean Autonomous District in southeast Manchuria.”

    “All Koreans to become one or even two years younger under int'l system”