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haenyeo

haenyeo noun: a female diver in South Korea who works harvesting molluscs, seaweed, etc.

Noun

haenyeo (plural haenyeos or haenyeo)

  1. A female diver in South Korea who works harvesting molluscs, seaweed, etc.
    • The haenyeos have a system where they can harvest the nine species of aquatic organisms in a sustainable manner.2023, Annie Mercier, Jean-Francois Hamel, Andrew Suhrbier, The World of Sea Cucumbers (page 114)

Forms of haenyeo

pluralhaenyeos
pluralhaenyeo

Origin of haenyeo

Borrowed from Korean 해녀 (haenyeo, literally “sea woman”)

Questions about haenyeo

What does haenyeo mean?
Haenyeo means a female diver in South Korea who works harvesting molluscs, seaweed, etc.
What part of speech is haenyeo?
Haenyeo is a noun.
What is the plural of haenyeo?
The plural of haenyeo is haenyeos.

Words near haenyeo in the dictionary

  1. haemulid
  2. haemulids
  3. Haemus
  4. Haen
  5. Haens
  6. haenyeo
  7. haenyeos
  8. Haerbin
  9. haereditas
  10. haeresiarch
  11. haeresiarchs

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