Gyeonggi

Borrowed from Korean 경기도(京畿道) (Gyeonggido). Doublet of Kyŏnggi.

• enPR: kyôngʹgēʹ^[1]

Gyeonggi

1. A province of South Korea.
   • 2024 January 24, Martin Fritz, “South Korea invests big in becoming a global chip leader”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[2], archived from the original on 24 January 2024, Technology / South Korea‎^[3]:

     A semiconductor "cluster" is a group of facilities that perform research and all production steps of semiconductors all in a single area. South Korea's cluster comprises various industrial zones in the province of Gyeonggi, with a total area of 21,000 hectares (52,000 acres), which is 21 million square meters, or the size of almost 30,000 soccer fields.

   • 2024 March 29, “Asian dust covers Korean peninsula, triggers air quality alert”, in EFE‎^[4], archived from the original on 30 March 2024‎^[5]:

     At 8am local time, Seoul recorded about 440 micrograms per cubic meter of dust, while the nearby city of Incheon reported 349 micrograms, according to the Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA).
     Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds the capital and Incheon, recorded 424 micrograms, and Gangwon Province, east of the capital region, recorded 329 micrograms.
     Asian or yellow dust originates in the deserts of China and Mongolia and travels eastward carried by the wind, especially in spring.