극동

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 極東, from 極 (“extreme”) + 東 (“east”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɯk̚t͈o̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [극똥]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Geukdong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Geugdong
McCune–Reischauer?	Kŭktong
Yale Romanization?	kuktong

Proper noun

극동 • (Geukdong) (hanja 極東)

1. (dated) Far East (a geographical region of Asia, consisting of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China, the Russian Far East, etc.) and Southeast Asia, taken as a whole)

See also

• 중동 (Jungdong)