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Koryo

Koryo 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 Koryo

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

Questions about Koryo

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

Words near Koryo in the dictionary

  1. Korybant
  2. Korybantes
  3. koryciński
  4. korymboi
  5. korymbos
  6. Koryo
  7. Koryo-mar
  8. Koryo-saram
  9. Koryophobia
  10. Koryŏ
  11. korzec

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Koryo (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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