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TOPIK 3noun

코로나

korona

코로나가 · 코로나를

COVID-19, the coronavirus; the COVID pandemic

Example

코로나 때문에 이 년 동안 고향에 못 갔어요.

Because of COVID, I couldn't go back to my hometown for two years.

Word parts

From 'corona(virus)'. The official Korean name is 코로나바이러스감염증-19, shortened to 코로나19 [코로나 일구].

Good to know

Koreans say 코로나 for both the disease and the pandemic period: 코로나 때 'during COVID', 코로나에 걸리다 'to catch COVID'.