아산

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 牙山, renamed in 1413 from earlier 아주 (牙州, Aju) as part of an administrative reform to reserve the character 州 (ju) for larger towns only. 아주 (牙州, Aju) was itself a sinicization of 牙述 (MC ngae zywit), the ancient Baekje name for the place.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Asan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Asan
McCune–Reischauer?Asan
Yale Romanization?asan

Proper noun

아산 • (Asan) (hanja 牙山)

  1. Asan (a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea)
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