Chungcheong

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 충청(忠淸) (Chungcheong).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: cho͞ongʹchǔngʹ

Proper noun

Chungcheong

  1. (historical) One of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty.
    • [1898 February 26, “KOREAN ITEMS.”, in The Japan Weekly Mail, volume XXIX, number 9, Yokohama, page 214, column 1:
      Mr. Cho Pyengsik, who recently resigned the portfolio of Foreign Affairs in Korea, had previously been Minister of Justice, and, still earlier, Governor of Chungchong province.]
    • [1898 February 28, North-China Herald, volume LX, number 1595, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 311, column 2:
      When the former Minister of Law, Cho Pyeng-sik, was Governor of Chungchong province, he was told by a geomancer that the site of one O Hen-keun’s house was the luckiest spot for a grave.]

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See also

Provinces of the Korean Peninsula
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