함경도

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 咸 (“Hamheung”) + 鏡 (“Gyeongseong”) + 道 (“province”)

Pronunciation

(North Korea)

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ha̠mɡjʌ̹ŋdo̞]
Phonetic hangul: [함경도]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	Hamgyeongdo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	Hamgyeongdo
McCune–Reischauer^?	Hamgyŏngdo
Yale Romanization^?	hamkyengto

Proper noun

함경도 • (Hamgyeongdo) (hanja 咸鏡道)

(historical) Hamgyeong, Hamgyŏng (a province of Korea)
Holonym: 팔도(八道) (Paldo)

See also

함경북도(咸鏡北道) (hamgyeongbukdo)
함경남도(咸鏡南道) (hamgyeongnamdo)

Provinces of the Korean Peninsula:

강원도 (gang'wondo)
경기도 (gyeonggido)
경상도 (gyeongsangdo)
전라도 (jeollado)
제주도 (jejudo)
충청도 (chungcheongdo)
평안도 (pyeong'ando)
황해도 (hwanghaedo)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.