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伽倻

Jiā yēdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Gaya, a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea (42-532 AD)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-c37b6ed4341c031a. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

伽倻 伽倻 [Jia1 ye1] /Gaya, a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea (42-532 AD)/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 伽
    gā

    used in the transliteration of Greek letters

    jiā

    traditionally used as phonetic for "ga"

    qié

    used to transliterate Sanskrit "gha"

  • 倻
    yē

    used to represent phonetic "ya" in Korean names

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.