Koguryo

English

Etymology

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 고구려(高句麗) (Goguryeo).

Proper noun

Koguryo

  1. Alternative form of Goguryeo: (historical) An ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 37 BCE to 668 C.E.; at its maximum covering all of North Korea, the northern part of South Korea, parts of Manchuria in northeast China, and parts of Primorsky Krai in Russia
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