근동

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 近東

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?Geundong
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?Geundong
    McCune–Reischauer?Kŭndong
    Yale Romanization?kuntong

    Proper noun

    근동 • (Geundong) (hanja 近東)

    1. (historical) Near East (the geographic region of Western Asia located southeast of Eastern Europe, comprising Anatolia, Transcaucasia, the Levant, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, and Arabia)
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