Солонгос

From Middle Mongol 莎郎合思 (Солонгос, “Goryeo”). Compare Jurchen [script needed] (solgor, “Goryeo”) (whence Manchu ᠰᠣᠯᡥᠣ (“Korea”) and borrowed as Mongolian Солго (Solgo, “Korea”)), Old Turkic 𐰲𐰇𐰞𐰍𐰞 (čölüg, “Silla”), Chinese 新羅 (MC sin la, “Silla”) and Japanese 新羅(しらき) (shiraki, “Silla”).

• (Khalkha) IPA^(key): [sʰɔ.ɮɔɴ.ɢʊ̞s]
• Hyphenation: Со‧лон‧гос

Солонгос • (Solongos)

1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)

   Synonyms: (obsolete) Солго (Solgo), Гуулин (Guulin) (archaic)

2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Өмнөд Солонгос (Ömnöd Solongos, “South Korea”)
• Хойд Солонгос (Xojd Solongos, “North Korea”)