섬나라

Korean

Etymology

From 섬 (seom, “island”) +‎ 나라 (nara, “country, state”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)mna̠ɾa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [섬(ː)나라]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seomnara
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seomnala
McCune–Reischauer?sŏmnara
Yale Romanization?sēmnala

Noun

섬나라 • (seomnara)

  1. island state

Synonyms

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