감옥

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 監獄, from 監 (“to see, to oversee”) + 獄 (“prison”)

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gamok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gam'og
McCune–Reischauer?kamok
Yale Romanization?kam.ok

Noun

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감옥 • (gamok) (hanja 監獄)

  1. jail, prison

Synonyms

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