🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

연합

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yeonhap

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Coalition/ˌkoʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"두 정당이 연합 정부를 수립했습니다."

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As noun
  1. 1

    An alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states.

    "The two parties formed a coalition to govern the country."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'coalitio', from 'coalescere' (to grow together), formed by combining 'co-' (together) and 'alescere' (to grow). Entering English in the late 16th century, the term originally referred to the merging or growing together of distinct bodies or parts into one united mass or alliance.

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