영미권

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 英美 (“England and America”) + 圈 (“area”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?yeongmigwon
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeongmigwon
    McCune–Reischauer?yŏngmikwŏn
    Yale Romanization?yengmiqkwen

    Noun

    영미권 • (yeongmigwon) (hanja 英美圈)

    1. The Anglosphere; the predominantly English-speaking states under Anglo-American cultural and political hegemony

    Usage notes

    영어권 (英語圈, yeong'eogwon) pertains to the linguistic Anglosphere, while 영미권 (英美圈, yeongmigwon) is a cultural or geopolitics-oriented term.

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