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Koguryo

Koguryo is the alternative form of Goguryeo.

Meaning of 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

Origin of Koguryo

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 고구려(高句麗) (Goguryeo).

Questions about Koguryo

What is Koguryo the alternative form of?
Koguryo is the alternative form of Goguryeo.

Words near Koguryo in the dictionary

  1. Kogler
  2. Koglers
  3. kogo
  4. kogoes
  5. kogos
  6. Koguryo
  7. Koguryŏ
  8. Kogut
  9. Koguts
  10. kogyaru
  11. kogyarus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Koguryo (page history and authors); Goguryeo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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