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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

금광 지대

Pronunciation / Transliteration: geumgwang jidae

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Goldfield/ˈɡoʊld.fiːld/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"많은 광부들이 그 금광 지대로 몰려들었다."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A district or region where gold is found and mined.

    "Prospectors flocked to the newly discovered goldfield in hopes of striking it rich."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'gold' (from Old English 'gold', of Germanic origin) and 'field' (from Old English 'feld', meaning open country). Historically coined in the 19th century during major global gold rushes to describe geographical regions rich in gold deposits.

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