高麗こうらい

noun

Goryeo; Koryŏ

Historical term for the Korean dynasty that ruled from 918 to 1392 CE. The name 'Korea' derives from this dynasty.

• 高麗こうらいは918年ねんに建けん国こくされた。

  Goryeo was founded in 918.

• 高麗こうらい時じ代だいの青せい磁じは世せ界かい的てきに有ゆう名めいだ。

  Celadon from the Goryeo period is world-famous.

noun

Korea (archaic)

Archaic term for Korea as a whole, used historically in Japanese texts. In modern Japanese, 韓国 (かんこく) or 朝鮮 (ちょうせん) are used instead.

• 昔むかしの日本にほんでは、朝ちょう鮮せん半はん島とう全ぜん体たいを高麗こうらいと呼よぶことがあった。

  In old Japan, the entire Korean peninsula was sometimes called 高麗.