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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