Etymology

Silla

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Today it means: An ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 57 BCE to 935 CE; at its maximum covering all of modern South Korea and most of modern North Korea. Full definition →

Korean 신라(新羅)
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The story

  1. Korean · borrowed from신라(新羅)
  2. English todaySilla

From the Revised Romanization or McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 신라(新羅) (Silla).

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