경기도

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 경긔도(京畿道) (Gyeongguido) — Early Modern

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 京畿道, from 京畿 + 道 (“province”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kjʌ̹ŋɡido̞]
    • Audio:(file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [경기도]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Gyeonggido
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Gyeonggido
McCune–Reischauer?Kyŏnggido
Yale Romanization?kyengkito

Proper noun

경기도 • (Gyeonggido) (hanja 京畿道)

  1. (historical) Gyeonggi, Kyŏnggi (a province of Korea)
    Holonym: 팔도(八道) (Paldo)
  2. Gyeonggi (a province of South Korea)

See also

Provinces of the Korean Peninsula
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