Kilo Lingo

/kəˈriːən/

Line drawing of Korean
Coloured illustration of Korean
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Translation

From Korea, or the language that people in Korea speak. It always takes a capital letter.

Word origin

From Korea plus the ending -an. The name Korea comes from Goryeo, an old Korean kingdom.

Origin
English
Root
Korea

Examples

, spicy .

Here "Korean" describes things from Korea.

Seoul.

Here it is a noun: the Korean language.

.

It also describes people from Korea.

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This word is part of lesson 60.