민족

Korean

FWOTD – 4 May 2016

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 民族, from 民 (“populace”) + 族 (“lineage”)

Pronunciation

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• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [miɲd͡ʑo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [민족]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	minjok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	minjog
McCune–Reischauer?	minjok
Yale Romanization?	min.cok

Noun

민족 • (minjok) (hanja 民族)

1. people, nation, ethnicity, race, or tribe

   민족 해방 ― minjok haebang ― national liberation

   • 2016, 舊소련권 영토 갈등 분출… 러, 親러 지역 독립 부추겨

     25년 전 소련 붕괴 당시의 국경·민족·종교 혼란상이 재현되고 있다는 의미다.

     25nyeon jeon soryeon bunggoe dangsiui gukgyeong·minjok·jonggyo hollansang'i jaehyeondoego itdaneun uimida.

     It means the chaos of national borders, ethnicities and religions 25 years ago during the collapse of the Soviet Union is being reproduced.

Synonyms

• 겨레 (gyeore)

Derived terms

• 민족주의 (民族主義, minjokjuui, “racial nationalism”)

See also

• 인종 (人種, injong, “race”)
• 민주 (民主, minju, “democracy”)