백악관

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 白堊館, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 白堊館(はくあかん) (Hakuakan).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pɛɡa̠k̚k͈wa̠n] ~ [pe̞ɡa̠k̚k͈wa̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [배각꽌/베각꽌]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Baegakgwan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Baeg'aggwan
McCune–Reischauer?Paegakkwan
Yale Romanization?payk.ak.kwan

Proper noun

백악관 • (Baegakgwan) (hanja 白堊館)

  1. the White House (The official residence of the President of the United States of America)

Synonyms
  • 화이트 하우스 (Hwaiteu Hauseu, “the White House”)
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