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North Gyeongsang

North Gyeongsang proper noun: a province in southeast South Korea. Capital: Andong.

Proper noun

North Gyeongsang

  1. A province in southeast South Korea. Capital: Andong.
    • Over the mountains to the east of Samgun Village, in North Kyongsang Province, in the particularly ill-circumstanced village of Pyonghae, village leader Kim Ju Shik sought in vain to reforest surrounding hillsides through local investment and effort until a typhoon struck and left washed-away homes...[1977, Michael Keon, “The Climate of Confidence”, in Korean Phoenix: A Nation from the Ashes, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall International, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 98
    • There have been 40 deaths across the country, and nine people remain missing, one in the southern port city of Busan and eight in the southeastern North Gyeongsang province, the ministry said.2023 July 17, Frances Vinall, “13 found dead in flooded tunnel as South Korean storm toll rises to 40”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2024, Asia

Origin of North Gyeongsang

Partial calque of Korean 경상북도(慶尙北道) (Gyeongsangbukdo).

Questions about North Gyeongsang

What does North Gyeongsang mean?
North Gyeongsang means a province in southeast South Korea. Capital: Andong.
What part of speech is North Gyeongsang?
North Gyeongsang is a proper noun.

Words near North Gyeongsang in the dictionary

  1. North Granby
  2. North Greenwich
  3. North Grimston
  4. North Grosvenordale
  5. North Guilford
  6. North Gyeongsang
  7. North Haledon
  8. North Hamgyeong
  9. North Hamgyong
  10. North Hampton
  11. North Hanover

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