롱구

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 籠球, from 籠 (“basket”) + 球 (“ball”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 籠(ろう)球(きゅう) (rōkyū).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?ronggu
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?longgu
    McCune–Reischauer?ronggu
    Yale Romanization?longkwu

    Noun

    롱구 • (ronggu) (hanja 籠球)

    South Korean
    Standard Language         		농구(籠球) (nonggu)
    North Korean
    Standard Language         		롱구(籠球) (ronggu)
    1. (North Korea, sports) basketball
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