🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

관개 시설

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gwan-gae si-seol

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Irrigation system/ˌɪr.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən ˈsɪs.təm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"가뭄을 극복하기 위해 새로운 관개 시설이 설치되었습니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A controlled infrastructure or network of pipes, pumps, and sprays designed to supply water to agricultural crops, lawns, or gardens.

    "The farmers installed an advanced drip irrigation system to conserve water during the dry summer months."
  2. 2

    A collective engineered arrangement for redirecting natural water bodies to arid land for societal use.

    "Archaeologists discovered an ancient irrigation system that sustained the civilization's urban agriculture."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'irrigation', derived from the Latin 'irrigare' (meaning to lead water to, moisten, or wet), and 'system', coming from the Greek 'systema' (an organized whole or body). Together, the compound term emerged in agricultural and engineering contexts during the industrial expansion of the 19th century to describe mechanized or structured methods of supplying land with water.

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