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Kwangju

Kwangju is the alternative form of Gwangju.

Meaning of Gwangju

Proper noun

Gwangju

  1. A city in South Korea.
    • Defense Minister Song Young-moo has been charged with a re-examination of the military's brutal repression of what is known as the Gwangju uprising, which broke out in the city of Gwangju on May 18, 1980.[…]
    • Events in Gwangju, 300 kilometers southwest of Seoul, were part of broader civil unrest, including protests against the presence of the US military in South Korea and student demands for democracy, minimum wages and a free press.2017 August 24, Julian Ryall, “Can South Korea heal Gwangju uprising wounds?”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2017, Asia

Origin of Kwangju

Borrowed from Korean 광주(光州) (gwangju). Doublet of Gwangju.

Questions about Kwangju

What is Kwangju the alternative form of?
Kwangju is the alternative form of Gwangju.

Words near Kwangju in the dictionary

  1. Kwang-chow Foo
  2. kwanga
  3. kwangas
  4. Kwangchow
  5. Kwangchowan
  6. Kwangju
  7. Kwangmyong
  8. kwangoside
  9. Kwangsi
  10. Kwangtung
  11. kwanjula

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kwangju (page history and authors); Gwangju (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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