Etymology

haenyeo

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Today it means: A female diver in South Korea who works harvesting molluscs, seaweed, etc. Full definition →

Korean 해녀
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  1. Korean · borrowed from해녀
  2. English todayhaenyeo

Borrowed from Korean 해녀 (haenyeo, literally “sea woman”)

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