# unnie line

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The elder members of a female K-pop group as a collective.

## Etymology
Calque of Korean 언니 라인 (eonni rain), composed of 언니 (eonni, “unnie; elder sister of a woman”) and 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”), ultimately from English line. By surface analysis, unnie + line.
Refer to 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”) for more information.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/unnie-line