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Jeolla en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• chŭl′lä′

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Relateds

Hamgyong (Provinces of the Korean Peninsula) · Jeju (Provinces of the Korean Peninsula) · South Jeolla · Hwanghae (Provinces of the Korean Peninsula) · Gyeongsang (Provinces of the Korean Peninsula) · Pyongan (Provinces of the Korean Peninsula) · Chungcheong (Provinces of the Korean Peninsula) · North Jeolla · Gyeonggi (Provinces of the Korean Peninsula)

Translations (3)

ko 전라도 (province of South Korea) · pl Jeolla (province of South Korea) · fr Jeolla (province of South Korea)