모국

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 母國 (“home country, homeland, mother country”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmo̞(ː)ɡuk̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [모(ː)국]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?moguk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mogug
McCune–Reischauer?moguk
Yale Romanization?mōkwuk

Noun

모국 • (moguk) (hanja 母國)

  1. home country, homeland, mother country
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