Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Goguryeo.
The capital of Koguryŏ was initially at Cholbon 卒本 but shifted to Kungnae 國內 in A.D. 3 (in the twenty-second year of Koguryŏ's king Yuri).
2008, Kang Hyun Sook, “New Perspectives of Koguryŏ Archaeological Data”, in Early Korea, volume 1, Early Korea Project, Korea Institute, Harvard University, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 131 more example
Writings and excavations are the only sources of information on palace structures before the Chosŏn period. Remains of the ancient Koguryŏ city of Kungnae (modern Tong’gou^([sic]) in Jilin Province on the Chinese side of the Yalu River) and of Anhak Place in P’yŏngyang give a glimpse of Koguryŏ palaces. While only some plinths and fragments of roof-tiles have been found on the Kungnae site, revealing little about the palace in general, the excavation of the Anhak site showed the scope of the palace grounds and the arrangement of halls, covered passageways and gates.
1996, Kim Dyong Hyun, “Royal palaces”, in The Dictionary of Art, volume 18, Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 275, column 1
Origin
- Korean고구려(高句麗)
- EnglishKoguryŏ
From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 고구려(高句麗) (Goguryeo).
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