Jeolla

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 전라도(全羅道) (Jeollado). Doublet of Chŏlla.

Proper noun

Jeolla

  1. (historical) A province of South Korea.
    • [1896, Vladimir, “The Corean Campaign”, in The China-Japan War Compiled from Japanese, Chinese and Foreign Sources‎[1], New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →OCLC, page 61:
      The Government sent some troops by sea on two small steamers to the province of Chölla, and despatched another force by land.]
    • 2023 June 30, “South Korea: Child killed in landslide caused by heavy rain”, in Deutsche Welle‎[2], archived from the original on 30 June 2023‎[3]:
      Evacuations of 350 people have taken place in the southwestern province of Jeolla amid warnings of more heavy rainfall in the south.

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See also

Provinces of the Korean Peninsula

Further reading

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