新罗
新羅Meanings
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- 1.Silla, Korean kingdom that existed between 57 BC – 935 AD, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, later allied with Tang China to defeat its rivals Baekje 百济[Bǎi jì] and Goguryeo 高句丽[Gāo gōu lí] to form Unified Silla
- 2.see 新罗区[Xīn luó Qū]
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Wiktionary
- 1.Silla (an ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 57 BCE to 935 CE; at its maximum covering all of modern South Korea and most of modern North Korea)
- 2.Xinluo (a district of Longyan, Fujian, China)
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Etymology
First attested in the Records of the Three Kingdoms (c. 290 CE) as 斯盧 /斯卢 (EHC *sie lɑ, MC *sie lo) as in 斯盧國 (“Saro state”), one of the 12 statelets belonging to the Jinhan confederacy. Other old variations include 新盧 /新卢 (EHC *sin lɑ, MC sin lo) and 斯羅 /斯罗 (EHC *sie lɑi, MC sie lo). In Old Korean documents, those country names were equated with the name of the capital, 徐羅伐 (Syerapel, “Seorabeol”, modern Gyeongju), a compound of 徐羅 (syera) + 伐 (pel, “village”). Other variants include 徐那伐 (syenapel), 徐耶伐 (syeyapel) and 徐伐 (syepel), whence 서울 (seoul, “capital city”). 徐 (sye), the first syllable of 徐羅 is considered to mean “gold” because of 금성 (金城, geumseong, “gold castle/city/fort”), the sinicized name of the capital city (cf. 쇠 (soe), “iron, metal”). The second syllable 羅 (ra) is according to one theory a connective particle, but another theory posits that it means “land”.
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Components
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