극동

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 極東, from 極 (“extreme”) + 東 (“east”)

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?Geukdong
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?Geugdong
    McCune–Reischauer?Kŭktong
    Yale Romanization?kuktong

    Proper noun

    극동 • (Geukdong) (hanja 極東)

    1. (dated) Far East (a geographical region of Asia, consisting of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China, the Russian Far East, etc.) and Southeast Asia, taken as a whole)

    See also

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