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남극

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 南極 (the South Pole, the Antarctic)

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Namgeuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Namgeug
McCune–Reischauer?Namgŭk
Yale Romanization?namkuk

Noun

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남극 (namgeuk) (hanja 南極)

  1. south pole

Proper noun

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남극 (Namgeuk) (hanja 南極)

  1. South Pole
  2. Antarctic (A continental region, one of the major ecozones of the world, covering the south polar regions, especially those south of the Antarctic Convergence; or, in accordance with the Antarctic Treaty System, the 60th parallel south)