Korean slang profile
민항사
minhangsa
Civil airline company
A shortened term for 민간 항공 회사, meaning a civil airline company.
- Expanded form
- 민간 항공 회사민간 항공 회사 (civil airline company)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 28, 2001
- 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
민항사들의 운항 소식을 모아 읽었다.
I collected and read news of 민항사 flight operations.
02Documented history
- 2001The 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “민항사”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source defines 민항사 as 민간 항공 회사 (civil airline company). This dictionary classifies it as an abbreviation, interpreting it as omitting some syllables. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The definitions in the body of the 2001 collection were compared. The collection also includes previously used words absent from dictionaries. The original older articles re-quoted there were not separately opened, and neither the first use date nor the extent of spread at the time was verified. The original’s corresponding definition is distinguished from the writer’s classification as a shortening.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2001년 신어 — 신어 목록 122쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 28, 2001Original source checked Nov 15, 2026