Gyeongsang

English

Alternatives

  • Kyŏngsang (outdated, McCune–Reischauer)

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 경상도(慶尙道) (Gyeongsangdo). Doublet of Kyŏngsang.

Proper noun

Gyeongsang

  1. A province of South Korea.
    • n.d., “North Gyeongsang Province”, in Korea by Bike, archived from the original on 05 June 2023:
      Though the country split Gyeongsang in half, North Gyeongsang Province is the second largest province, accounting for 18.95% of South Korea. But, when Daegu attained self-governing metropolitan city status in 1981, North Gyeongsang became the nation’s second least populated.

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See also

Provinces on the Korean Peninsula:

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