South Gyeongsang

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Korean 경상남도(慶尙南道) (Gyeongsangnamdo).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kyǔngʹsängʹ[1]

Proper noun

South Gyeongsang

  1. A province in southeast South Korea.
    • 2016 September 13, Jane Chung, Jumin Park, Se Young Lee, “South Korea's biggest earthquake triggers nuclear safety concerns”, in Tony Munroe, editor, Reuters[2], archived from the original on 20 October 2024, World:
      Park Jong-kwon, head of an anti-nuclear civic group in South Gyeongsang Province, said no more nuclear reactors should be built in southeastern cities like Ulsan and Gyeongju as they are close to an active fault line.

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “South Kyongsang”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1806, column 2:South Kyongsang (kyǔngʹsängʹ), Korean Kyongsang-namdo, Jap. [Japanese] Keisho-nando, province [Jap. and Korean do] []

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