남조선

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 南朝鮮, from 南 (“South”) + 朝鮮 (“Korea”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [na̠md͡ʑo̞sʰʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [남조선]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Namjoseon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Namjoseon
McCune–Reischauer?	Namjosŏn
Yale Romanization?	namcosen

Proper noun

남조선 • (Namjoseon) (hanja 南朝鮮)

1. (North Korea, China, Japan) South Korea

Synonyms

• 남한 (Namhan) (in South Korea)

See also

• 북조선 (Bukjoseon)