Cheongju

See also: cheongju

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 청주(淸州) (Cheongju).

Proper noun

Cheongju

1. The provincial capital, the largest city in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea

Translations

city in South Korea

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 清州 (cing¹ zau¹)

  Mandarin: 清州 (zh) (Qīngzhōu)

• Korean: 청주(淸州) (Cheongju)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Chongju”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[1], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 791, column 3