Kokwulye
Kokwulye is the alternative form of Goguryeo.
Meaning of Goguryeo
Proper noun
Goguryeo
- 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
- The language spoken in the Goguryeo kingdom.
- Synonyms:
- Kaokouli, Kao-kou-li
Origin of Kokwulye
From the Yale romanization of Korean 고구려(高句麗) (Goguryeo).
Questions about Kokwulye
- What is Kokwulye the alternative form of?
- Kokwulye is the alternative form of Goguryeo.
Words near Kokwulye in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kokwulye (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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