공화국

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 공화(共和) (gonghwa, “republic”) + 국(國) (guk, “country”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 共和国(きょうわこく) (kyōwakoku).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈko̞(ː)ŋβwa̠ɡuk̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [공(ː)화국]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gonghwaguk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gonghwagug
McCune–Reischauer?	konghwaguk
Yale Romanization?	kōnghwakwuk

Noun

공화국 • (gonghwaguk) (hanja 共和國)

1. republic

   Synonym: (dated) 민국(民國) (min'guk)

   남아프리카공화국

   Namapeurikagonghwaguk

   Republic of South Africa

Derived terms

• 남아프리카공화국 (Namapeurikagonghwaguk)
• 도미니카 공화국 (Dominika gonghwaguk)
• 서울공화국 (Seoulgonghwaguk)

 

Proper noun

공화국 • (Gonghwaguk) (hanja 共和國)

1. (North Korea) Short for 조선민주주의인민공화국 (Joseonminjujuuiinmin'gonghwaguk, “the Democratic People's Republic of Korea”).