국토

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 國土, from 國 (“country”) + 土 (“earth, land”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kuk̚tʰo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [국토]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gukto
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gugto
McCune–Reischauer?	kukt'o
Yale Romanization?	kwuktho

Noun

국토 • (gukto) (hanja 國土)

1. a country
2. national territory

Related terms

• 영토 (領土, yeongto)