🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

지역 로 센터

Native Script:지역 주민 센터

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiyeok samhoen-teo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Community center/kəˈmjuː.nə.ti ˈsen.tər/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"주민들은 주말마다 지역 주민 센터에서 모임을 갖습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A public location where members of a community tend to gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes.

    "The local community center hosts after-school programs and weekend sports leagues for neighborhood children."
  2. 2

    A municipal facility providing recreational, cultural, and informational services to the inhabitants of a specific district.

    "Senior citizens meet at the community center every Tuesday morning for arts and crafts classes."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'community' derives from the Latin 'communitas', meaning fellowship or shared life, from 'communis' (common). 'Center' originates from the Greek 'kentron', meaning a sharp point or pivot. Combined in 20th-century urban planning, it reflects a public location established to serve the social, recreational, and cultural needs of a specific local population.

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🇫🇷French → English

centre communautaire

Transliteration: sãtʁ kɔ.my.na.tɛʁ

"Le nouveau centre communautaire propose des activités pour tous les âges."

🇩🇪German → English

Gemeindezentrum

Transliteration: ɡəˈmaɪ̯ndəˌtsɛntʁʊm

"Das Gemeindezentrum ist ein beliebter Treffpunkt für die Nachbarschaft."

🇮🇹Italian → English

centro sociale

Transliteration: ˈtʃɛn.tro soˈtʃa.le

"Molti giovani frequentano il centro sociale del quartiere."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

centro comunitario

Transliteration: ˈsentɾo komuˈnitaɾjo

"El centro comunitario ofrece clases de inglés gratuitas por la noche."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

centro comunitário

Transliteration: ˈsẽtɾu komu.niˈtaɾju

"O centro comunitário organizou uma festa para os moradores."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

सामुदायिक केंद्र

Transliteration: samudayik kendra

"सामुदायिक केंद्र में योग कक्षाएं आयोजित की जाती हैं।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

社区中心

Transliteration: shèqū zhōngxīn

"居民们经常在社区中心举办会议和活动。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

지역 로 센터

Transliteration: jiyeok samhoen-teo

Script: 지역 주민 센터

"주민들은 주말마다 지역 주민 센터에서 모임을 갖습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

コミュニティセンター

Transliteration: komyunitisentā

"コミュニティセンターには図書館と体育館が併設されています。"

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