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• Kyŏngsang (outdated, McCune–Reischauer)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.
   • [1890 August, J. B. Bernadou, “Korea and the Koreans”, in The National Geographic Magazine‎^[1], volume II, number 4, Washington, D. C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 234:

     The key to the latter, showing the entire kingdom, as well as one of the expanded sheets showing the Kyöngsang province in the southeast, and the Nakdong river, the most important stream of the land, are appended to this paper, and will serve to indicate the progress independently attained by the Koreans in the art of map making.]

   • n.d., “North Gyeongsang Province”, in Korea by Bike‎^[2], archived from the original on 05 June 2023‎^[3]:

     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.

Derived terms

• North Gyeongsang
• South Gyeongsang

 

Translations

province of South Korea

• Korean: 경상도(慶尙道) (ko) (Gyeongsangdo)

See also

Provinces on the Korean Peninsula:

• Chungcheong
• Gangwon
• Gyeonggi
• Hamgyeong
• Hwanghae
• Jeju
• Jeolla
• Pyeongan