캐나다

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Canada

🍁 캐나다 = kae-na-da, the English name Canada spelled out in Hangul

A direct loanword from English: 캐 (kae) + 나 (na) + 다 (da). Say Canada with a flat Korean rhythm and you already have it. The first syllable uses ㅐ, the same vowel Korean uses for the English short a, as in 캐시 (cash).

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