웨국

Jeju

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽wekuk⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [weɡuk̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [웨국]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?weguk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?wegug
Yale Romanization?weykwuk

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 倭國, literally “dwarf country”.

Proper noun

웨국 (weguk)

  1. (derogatory) Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 外國.

Proper noun

웨국 (weguk)

  1. foreign country
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