근교

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 近郊 (“suburb; outlying area; outskirts”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɯ(ː)nɡjo]
  • Phonetic hangul: [근(ː)교]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geun'gyo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geungyo
McCune–Reischauer?kŭn'gyo
Yale Romanization?kūnkyo

Noun

근교 • (geun'gyo) (hanja 近郊)

  1. suburb; outlying area; outskirts

Synonyms
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