TopicGyopo
moguk · /mo.ɡuk/
모국
/mo.ɡuk/noun
the country of one's origin or ancestry
자신이 태어났거나 뿌리를 둔 나라
For Korean diaspora this is Korea itself, not just a hometown; 교포 use it when visiting or remembering food.
교포가 한국을 가리킬 때 쓰는 말로, 어릴 적 살던 동네인 고향과는 결이 다릅니다.
Examples
When I landed in Seoul I finally felt I had returned to my homeland after twenty years.
The smell of kimchi stew still reminds her of the homeland she left as a child.
In class he wrote an essay about visiting his parents' homeland for the first time.
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