Korean slang profile
GNP
gnp
Gross national product
A Roman-letter abbreviation for 국민총생산 (gross national product).
- Expanded form
- 국민총생산국민총생산 (gross national product)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 7, 1998
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
국민소득 자료에서 GNP와 GDP의 차이를 찾아봤다.
I looked up the difference between GNP and GDP in national-income materials.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
The body of a 1998 서울신문 article pairs the Korean name “국민총생산” with “GNP”. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The Korean name and Roman-letter abbreviation in the contemporary article were directly compared. The full original-language form and first use were not verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 北韓의 자본주의 연습/張淸洙 논설위원(外言內言) (서울신문)Published Dec 7, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026