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• Kyŏngsang (outdated, McCune–Reischauer)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^[1], archived from the original on 05 June 2023‎^[2]:

     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