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Maek

Maek proper noun: an ancient people that inhabited the northern Korean Peninsula.

Proper noun

Maek

  1. An ancient people that inhabited the northern Korean Peninsula.
    • 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, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2021, Food

Origin of Maek

Borrowed from Korean 맥 (maek).

Questions about Maek

What does Maek mean?
Maek means an ancient people that inhabited the northern Korean Peninsula.
What part of speech is Maek?
Maek is a proper noun.

Words near Maek in the dictionary

  1. maegbot
  2. maegbote
  3. maegth
  4. maegthe
  5. maegths
  6. Maek
  7. maekjeok
  8. maelid
  9. maelids
  10. Maelor South
  11. maelstrom

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