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  2. Ko (Korean surname) - Wikipedia

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    Ko (Korean: 고; Hanja: 髙/高), also variously romanized Go, Goh, or Koh, is a common Korean surname.. Among Koreans with this surname, the largest clan is the Jeju Go clan [], named for its bon-gwan (clan hometown) of Jeju Island; they claim descent from Go Eul-na [], the first ruler of the kingdom of Tamna, which ruled Jeju until being absorbed by the Joseon dynasty.

  3. Gao (surname) - Wikipedia

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    In Hong Kong, it is romanized to "Ko". In Macau, it is romanized to "Kou". In English, it is romanized to "Kauh". In 2019 it was the 19th most common surname in Mainland China. [1] The Korean surname, "Ko" or "Koh", is derived from and written with the same Chinese character (高).

  4. Ko - Wikipedia

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    Ko (Korean surname) Gao (surname), a surname of Chinese origin romanized to Ko in Hong Kong, and in several romanizations especially in South-east Asia; Ke (surname), a Chinese surname romanized as "Ko" in the Wade–Giles system; Xu (surname 許), a surname of Chinese romanized as Ko in the Teochew dialect

  5. List of Korean given names - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Korean given names, in Hangul alphabetical order. See Korean name § Given names for an explanation. List Ga ...

  6. Koh (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Koh was the 10th-most common surname among ethnic Chinese in Singapore as of 1997 (ranked by English spelling, rather than by Chinese characters). Roughly 48,100 people, or 1.9% of the Chinese Singaporean population at the time, bore the surname Koh.

  7. Names of Korea - Wikipedia

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    Other scholars believe 朝鮮 was a translation (like Japanese kun'yomi) of the native Korean Asadal (아사달), the capital of Gojoseon: asa being a hypothetical Altaic root word for "morning", and dal meaning "mountain", a common ending for Goguryeo place names (with the use of the character 鮮 "fresh" to transcribe the final -dal syllable ...

  8. Korean clans - Wikipedia

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    Korean clans are groups of Korean people that share the same paternal ancestor. They are indicated by the combination of a bongwan (Korean: 본관; lit. place of origin) and a family name. [1] Korean clans distinguish clans that happen to share the same family name. The bongwan identifies descent groups by geographic place of origin. [2]

  9. Korean grammar - Wikipedia

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    If -ko was used instead, the meaning would be closer to "I meet you and I'm happy," that is, without any implied logical connection. These are both subordinating conjunctive suffixes and cannot (in the more formal registers, at least) derive complete sentences of their own without the addition of a main verb, by default the verb iss 있 .