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sageuk

sageuk noun: a Korean genre of film and television set before the Japanese annexation of Korea.

Noun

sageuk (usually uncountable, plural sageuks)

  1. (usually) A Korean genre of film and television set before the Japanese annexation of Korea
  2. (countable, usually) A film or programme of this kind.

Forms of sageuk

pluralsageuks

Origin of sageuk

Borrowed from Korean 사극(史劇) (sageuk).

Questions about sageuk

What does sageuk mean?
Sageuk means a Korean genre of film and television set before the Japanese annexation of Korea.
What part of speech is sageuk?
Sageuk is a noun.
What is the plural of sageuk?
The plural of sageuk is sageuks.

Words near sageuk in the dictionary

  1. sages on the stage
  2. sageship
  3. sageships
  4. sagesse
  5. sagest
  6. sageuk
  7. sagewood
  8. sagewoods
  9. sagewort
  10. sageworts
  11. sagey

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