녕하

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 寧夏

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Nyeongha
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Nyeongha
McCune–Reischauer?Nyŏngha
Yale Romanization?nyengha

Proper noun

녕하 • (Nyeongha)

  1. (North Korea) Ningxia

Usage notes

In South Korea, this word is read as (yeong) when used as a single word or as the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. However, the reading (nyeong) is retained when the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. This is known as 두음 법칙 (dueum beopchik) (頭音法則).

Synonyms

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