Korean learner dictionary

가야

gaya · Gaya

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Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 67919

Part of speech: 명사Pronunciation: 가야

1.
한반도의 낙동강 하류에 있던 나라. 42년에 김수로왕과 그 형제들이 세운 여섯 나라를 통틀어 이르는 말이다. 562년에 신라에 병합되었다. 가락국이라고도 한다.
English: Gaya — A country that existed in the lower reaches of the Nakdonggang River; the Gaya Kingdom is the collective name of the six countries founded by King Kim Suro and his brothers in 42 A.D.; known also by the name of the Garak Kingdom, the country was merged into the Silla Kingdom in 562 A.D.