아산

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 牙山, renamed in 1413 from earlier 아주 (牙州, Aju) as part of an administrative reform to reserve the character 州 (ju) for larger towns only. 아주 (牙州, Aju) was itself a sinicization of 牙述 (MC ngae zywit), the ancient Baekje name for the place.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠sʰa̠n]
Phonetic hangul: [아산]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	Asan
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	Asan
McCune–Reischauer^?	Asan
Yale Romanization^?	asan

Proper noun

아산 • (Asan) (hanja 牙山)

Asan (a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea)

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