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| Yeongnam | |
_map2.png) Map of Yeongnam in South Korea | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 영남 |
| Hanja | 嶺南 |
| RR | Yeongnam |
| MR | Yŏngnam |
Yeongnam (Korean: 영남,Korean pronunciation:[jʌŋ.nam]; literally "south of the ridge") is a region that coincides with the formerGyeongsang Province, one of the ancientEight Provinces, in what is nowSouth Korea.
The region includes the modern-day provinces ofNorth andSouth Gyeongsang and the autonomousMetropolitan cities ofBusan,Daegu, andUlsan.[1] The regional name is used (with a slightly different spelling) as the name ofYeungnam University.
Yeongnam travel guide from Wikivoyage