Jeolla

English

Alternatives

Chŏlla (outdated, McCune-Reischauer)

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Jeolla

(historical) A province of South Korea.
- 2023 June 30, “South Korea: Child killed in landslide caused by heavy rain”, in Deutsche Welle‎, archived from the original on 30 June 2023‎:
  Evacuations of 350 people have taken place in the southwestern province of Jeolla amid warnings of more heavy rainfall in the south.

Translations

province of South Korea

French: Jeolla
Korean: 전라도(全羅道) (ko) (Jeollado)

See also

Provinces on the Korean Peninsula:

Chungcheong
Gangwon
Gyeonggi
Gyeongsang
Hamgyeong
Hwanghae
Jeju
Pyeongan

Further reading

Jeolla, Chŏlla at Google Ngram Viewer

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