Etymology

Joseon

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Today it means: A former Korean kingdom and dynasty in East Asia which ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1392 CE to 1897 CE. Full definition →

Korean 조선(朝鮮)
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The story

  1. Korean · borrowed from조선(朝鮮)
  2. English todayJoseon

From the Revised Romanization of Korean 조선(朝鮮) (Joseon).

Words from the same roots

Korean^조선(朝鮮) all →

Land of the Morning Calm

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