HANGUL

Noun

Hangul (uncountable)

Alternative spelling of Hangeul

Usage notes

• The spelling hangeul/Hangeul is from the Korean spelling in the 1959-SK transcription and the 2000 South Korean Revised transcription. Hangul derives from the older McCune-Reischauer transcription hangĹ­l written without the diacritics: it is the more common English spelling. Within the English Wiktionary, hangeul is preferred.

Noun

hangul (uncountable)

Alternative spelling of Hangeul

Usage notes

• The spelling hangeul/Hangeul is from the Korean spelling in the 1959-SK transcription and the 2000 South Korean Revised transcription. Hangul derives from the older McCune-Reischauer transcription hangĹ­l written without the diacritics: it is the more common English spelling. Within the English Wiktionary, hangeul is preferred.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

28 May 2025

AIR

(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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