North Gyeongsang

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

North Gyeongsang

1. A province in southeast South Korea. Capital: Andong.
   • 2023 July 17, Frances Vinall, “13 found dead in flooded tunnel as South Korean storm toll rises to 40”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on February 19, 2024, Asia‎^[2]:

     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.

Translations

province of South Korea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慶尚北／庆尚北 (Qìngshàngběi), 慶尚北道／庆尚北道 (zh) (Qìngshàngběidào)

• French: Gyeongsang du Nord
• Japanese: 慶尚北 (けいしょうほく, Keishōhoku), 慶尚北道 (けいしょうほくどう, Keishōhokudō)
• Korean: 경상북(慶尙北) (Gyeongsangbuk), 경상북도(慶尙北道) (ko) (Gyeongsangbukdo), 경북(慶北) (ko) (Gyeongbuk)

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “North Kyongsang”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1342, column 3: “Korean Kyongsang-pukdo, Jap. Keisho-hokudo”
• North Gyeongsang, North Kyongsang at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “North Kyongsang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2214, column 2