Korean learner dictionary

대조영

daejoyeong · Daejoyeong

NIKL-backed definitions, English glosses, pronunciation, examples, and learner-level context.

Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 67889

Part of speech: 명사Pronunciation: 대ː조영

1.
발해를 세운 왕(?~719). 고구려의 유민으로 고구려 유민과 말갈족을 모아 규합하여 고구려의 옛 영토를 회복하였다.
English: Daejoyeong — The founding king of the Balhae Kingdom(?~719); as a migrant of the Goguryeo Kingdom, he gathered Goguryeo migrants and Manchurian nomads and reclaimed the former land of the Goguryeo Kingdom.