Goguryeo

Proper noun

Goguryeo

1. (historical) An ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 37 BCE to 668 CE; at its maximum covering all of North Korea, the northern part of South Korea, parts of Manchuria in northeast China, and parts of Primorsky Krai in Russia.
   • During the Goguryeo kingdom (37 B.C. to A.D. 668), the Maek people in the northern Korean Peninsula ate maekjeok, a dish of grilled pork marinated in doenjang, a fermented soybean paste. Years later, maekjeok evolved into neobiani, a dish of broad, thin slices of beef tenderized and grilled over...2021 July 23, Eric Kim, “Bulgogi, Any Way You Slice It”, in The New York Times (Food section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2021

   Synonyms:

   Gaogouli

2. (historical) The language spoken in the Goguryeo kingdom.

   Synonyms:

   Kaokouli, Kao-kou-li