Bang (Korean)
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Template:Wiktionarypar Bang is a romanization of the Korean language meaning "room." In a traditional Korean house, a sarang-bang is the man's study or drawing room, for example. However, in modern Korea, the concept of a bang has expanded and diversified from being merely a walled segment in a domestic space, to including buildings or enterprises in commercial, urban, space, such as a PC bang (an internet café), a Noraebang (a Karaoke room), Sojubang (a Soju room, i.e. a drink shop), and a Jjimjil bang. This can be compared with the similar expansion of the concept of a "house" to include upper houses, opera houses, coffee houses, and publishing houses.
Phonetically more tensed word bbang(빵) is used as an abbreviation of a slang gambang, meaning "jail."