백악관

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 白堊館, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 白堊館(はくあかん) (Hakuakan).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pɛɡa̠k̚k͈wa̠n] ~ [pe̞ɡa̠k̚k͈wa̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [배각꽌/베각꽌]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Baegakgwan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Baeg'aggwan
McCune–Reischauer?	Paegakkwan
Yale Romanization?	payk.ak.kwan

Proper noun

백악관 • (Baegakgwan) (hanja 白堊館)

1. the White House (The official residence of the President of the United States of America)

Synonyms

• 화이트 하우스 (Hwaiteu Hauseu, “the White House”)