Etymology

Kiringul

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Today it means: A cave in North Korea, said to have been the home of the mythical kirin. Full definition →

Korean 기린굴
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The story

  1. Korean · borrowed from기린굴
  2. English todayKiringul

From Korean 기린굴 (girin'gul, literally “Kirin's Grotto”).

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