민족

민족

Korean

FWOTD – 4 May 2016

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 民族, from 民 (“populace”) + 族 (“lineage”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[mind͡ʑo̞k̚]
• Phonetic Hangul[민족]

Revised Romanization? minjok Revised Romanization (translit.)? minjog McCune–Reischauer? minjok Yale Romanization? mincok

Noun

민족 • (minjok) (hanja 民族)

1. people, nation, ethnicity, race, or tribe

   민족 해방 ― minjok haebang ― national liberation

   • 2016, 舊소련권 영토 갈등 분출… 러, 親러 지역 독립 부추겨

     25년 전 소련 붕괴 당시의 국경·민족·종교 혼란상이 재현되고 있다는 의미다.

     25nyeon jeon soryeon bunggoe dangsiui gukgyeong·minjok·jonggyo hollansang-i jaehyeondoego itdaneun uimida.

     It means the chaos of national borders, ethnicities and religions 25 years ago during the collapse of the Soviet Union is being reproduced.

Synonyms

• 겨레 (gyeore)

Derived terms

• 민족주의 (民族主義, minjokjuui, “racial nationalism”)

See also

• 인종 (人種, injong, “race”)
• 민주 (民主, minju, “democracy”)