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Word: Taekwondo
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Korean, literally ‘art of hand and foot fighting’, from tae ‘kick’ + kwon ‘fist’ + do ‘art, method’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌtʌɪkwɒnˈdəʊ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
tʌɪˈkwɒndəʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a modern Korean martial art similar to karate.
Short Definition:modern Korean martial art similar to karate
Variant Forms:
- tae kwon do
