순흥

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 順興.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰu(ː)nɣɯŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [순(ː)흥]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Sunheung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Sunheung
McCune–Reischauer?Sunhŭng
Yale Romanization?swūn.hung

Proper noun

순흥 • (Sunheung) (hanja 順興)

  1. Sunhung, a South Korean township in North Gyeongsang which (historical) formerly served as the seat of a district in Joseon Korea's Gyeongsang Province.

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