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South Gyeongsang

South Gyeongsang proper noun: a province in southeast South Korea.

Proper noun

South Gyeongsang

  1. A province in southeast South Korea.
    • 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.2016 September 13, Jane Chung, Jumin Park, Se Young Lee, “South Korea's biggest earthquake triggers nuclear safety concerns”, in Tony Munroe, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 20 Oct...

Origin of South Gyeongsang

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

Questions about South Gyeongsang

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

Words near South Gyeongsang in the dictionary

  1. South Granville
  2. South Grove
  3. South Gundagai
  4. South Gundurimba
  5. South Guyra
  6. South Gyeongsang
  7. South Gyle
  8. South Hadley
  9. South Hadley Falls
  10. South Ham
  11. South Hamgyong

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