시골

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Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 스〮ᄀᆞᄫᆞᆯ (Yale: súkòWòl), a compound of 스〮 (Yale: , meaning unknown) + *고ᄫᆞᆶ (Yale: *kòWòlh, “town, district”) > modern 고을 (go'eul). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sigol
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Yale Romanization?sikol

Noun

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시골 (sigol)

  1. countryside, the country
    Synonym: 촌(村) (chon)
    Antonym: 도시(都市) (dosi)