Korean

Noun

민족 • ‎(minjok) ‎(hanja 民族)

1. people, nation, ethnicity, or race

   민족 해방‎ ― minjok haebang ― national liberation

   • 2016, 舊소련권 영토 갈등 분출… 러, 親러 지역 독립 부추겨

     25년 전 소련 붕괴 당시의 국경·민족·종교 혼란상이 재현되고 있다는 의미다.‎

     25nyeon jeon soryeon bunggoe dangsiui gukgyeong·minjok·jonggyo hollansang-i jaehyeondoego itdaneun uimida.

     It means the chaos of national borders, ethnicities and religions 25 years ago during the collapse of the Soviet Union is being reproduced.

Derived terms

• 민족주의 (民族主義, minjokjuui, “racial nationalism”)

Synonyms

• 겨레 (gyeore)

See also

• 인종 (人種, injong, “race”)
• 민주 (民主, minju, “democracy”)