고향

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 故鄕, from 故 (“old, of the past”) + 鄕 (“village, hometown”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gohyang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gohyang
McCune–Reischauer?kohyang
Yale Romanization?kohyang

Noun

고향 • (gohyang) (hanja 故鄕)

  1. one's hometown or birthplace
  2. the ancestral home of one's family

Derived terms

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