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Word Contractions Koreans, like Australians, like to shorten words by contracting them. This is particularly noticeable with university names as shown below: 오스트레일리아 or 호주 (Australia) Victoria University

Vic Uni

University of Queensland

UQ

고려 대학교

고대

연세 대학교

연대

서울 대학교

서울대

한국

It is also common to use contractions for the library names at university since there is usually more than one: 중앙 도서관

중도 (Main Library)

과학 도서관

과도 (Science Library)


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