English Explanatory Dictionary

Balhae

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A kingdom in southern and eastern Manchuria (in modern China and Russia) and northeastern Korea (in modern North Korea) in the late first millennium, which existed from 698 CE to 926 CE.

Word forms

Balhae Parhae Bohai Puhai Bokkai

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 발해 (balhae).

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