대동

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 大洞, from 大 (大, “big”) + 洞 (洞, “dong”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)do̞ŋ] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)do̞ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)동/데(ː)동]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Daedong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Daedong
McCune–Reischauer?Taedong
Yale Romanization?tāytong

Proper noun

대동 • (Daedong) (hanja 大洞)

  1. Dae-dong (a locality in Dong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 大東, from 大 (大, “big”) + 東 (東, “east”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)do̞ŋ] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)do̞ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)동/데(ː)동]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Daedong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Daedong
McCune–Reischauer?Taedong
Yale Romanization?tāytong

Proper noun

대동 • (Daedong) (hanja 大東)

  1. (historical) Korea
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