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Daegu

UK/daˈɡuː/US/dæˈɡu/

Daegu proper noun: a city in South Korea.

Proper noun

Daegu

  1. A city in South Korea.
    • Of the 599 new cases in South Korea announced on Monday, 377 were from the country's fourth largest city, Daegu, home to a branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, to which the majority of the country's cases have been traced after some its members visited China's Wuhan city, the epicenter of the...2020 March 3, “South Korea church leader apologizes for coronavirus spread”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2020, News
    • In a densely populated but otherwise quiet district in Daegu, a city in southeastern South Korea, a highly emotional standoff is underway.2022 March 1, Choe Sang-Hun, “How ‘Multiculturalism’ Became a Bad Word in South Korea”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Mar 2022, Asia Pacific

Daegu meaning in Hindi, Arabic and Thai

Daegu in Hindi

city in South Korea
दैगू daigū

Daegu in Arabic

city in South Korea
دَايْغُو dāyḡū

Daegu in Thai

city in South Korea
แทกู tɛɛ-guu

Forms of Daegu

alternative formTaegu

Origin of Daegu

Borrowed from Korean 대구(大邱) (Daegu, literally “great hill”).

Words that rhyme with Daegu

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Daegu

What does Daegu mean?
Daegu means a city in South Korea.
What is Daegu in Hindi?
Daegu in Hindi is दैगू (daigū). See Daegu meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Daegu?
Daegu is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Daegu?
Daegu is pronounced /daˈɡuː/ (UK).

Words near Daegu in the dictionary

  1. Daedalus
  2. Daedong
  3. daee
  4. daees
  5. daegeum
  6. Daegu
  7. Daeira
  8. Daejeon
  9. daemon
  10. daemones
  11. daemoniac

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