Jeju

See also: jeju and jejú

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 제주(濟州) (Jeju). Doublet of Cheju.

Proper noun

Jeju

  1. An island, province, and city in South Korea.
    • 2023 July 24, “Another US nuclear-powered submarine arrives in South Korea”, in EFE‎[1], archived from the original on 24 September 2023‎[2]:
      A United States nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Annapolis, arrived in southwest South Korea’s Jeju island, just three days after another American submersible departed from the southeastern Busan port amid an escalation of regional tensions and the upcoming 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.
      The USS Annapolis has arrived in Jeju to load supplies, a spokesperson for South Korea’s navy, Jang Do-young, said at a press conference on Monday.
  2. An endangered language, sometimes considered a dialect of the Korean language, spoken on the island.

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See also

Provinces of the Korean Peninsula

Noun

Jeju pl (plural only)

  1. An ethnic group native to to the island.

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