Honam

See also: hơnăm

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 호남(湖南) (honam). Doublet of Hunan.

Proper noun

Honam

  1. A historical region of South Korea, covering the modern-day Gwangju and Jeolla provinces.
    • 1989 April, Nam Young Lee, Choong-Bin Cho, “Regionalism in Korea”, in Dalchoong Kim, Brian L. Evans, editors, Korea and Canada: New Frontiers in the Asia-Pacific Era (East and West Studies Series), number 8, Seoul: Institute of East and West Studies, Yonsei University, →OCLC, pages 46–47:
      While current regionalism is mainly a conflict between the Youngnam and Honam regions, its historical origin goes farther back in the period of the Three States (1st century- 7th century). In the late 7th century, Silla, which roughly corresponds to the current Youngnam region, unified the peninsula by conquering Paekche, which also roughly corresponds to the current Honam region, with the help of T'ang China.

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