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Koryŏ

Koryŏ is the alternative form of Goryeo.

Meaning of Goryeo

Proper noun

Goryeo

  1. (historical) a Korean dynasty, a kingdom, which gave rise to the modern exonym for Korea.
    Synonyms:
    Gaoli, Kao-li

Origin of Koryŏ

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 고려(高麗) (Goryeo).

Questions about Koryŏ

What is Koryŏ the alternative form of?
Koryŏ is the alternative form of Goryeo.

Words near Koryŏ in the dictionary

  1. korymbos
  2. Koryo
  3. Koryo-mar
  4. Koryo-saram
  5. Koryophobia
  6. Koryŏ
  7. korzec
  8. korzecs
  9. Korzen
  10. Korzens
  11. korzhinskite

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Koryŏ (page history and authors); Goryeo (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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