흑로

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 黑 (“black”) + 鷺 (“egret, heron”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [xɯŋno̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [흥노]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	heungno
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	heuglo
McCune–Reischauer?	hŭngno
Yale Romanization?	huklo

Noun

흑로

흑로 • (heungno) (hanja 黑鷺)

1. The Pacific reef egret, Egretta sacra, which in Korea is found only in its dark-colored morph.

Related terms

• 백로 (白鷺, baengno, “white egret”)

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 2 (last accessed)) “흑로”, in 표준국어대사전‎^[1]
• Lee, Woo-Shin with Tae-Hoe Koo, Jin-Young Park (tr. by Desmond Allen) (2002) A field guide to the birds of Korea, Seoul: LG Evergreen Foundation, →ISBN