Etymology

Koryo-saram

Today it means: Ethnic Koreans residing in the post-Soviet states. Full definition →

Korean 고려사람 ← Russian корё-сара́м
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The story

  1. Russian · derived fromкорё-сара́м
  2. Korean · derived from고려사람
  3. English todayKoryo-saram

From Korean 고려사람 (goryeosaram), via Russian корё-сара́м (korjó-sarám).

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