Gyeongsang Province | |
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| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Korean | 경상도 |
| • Hanja | 慶尙道 |
| • Revised Romanization | Gyeongsang-do |
| • McCune–Reischauer | Kyŏngsang-do |
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| Country | Joseon |
| Region | Yeongnam |
| Dialect | Gyeongsang |
Gyeongsang Province (Korean: 경상도;Hanja: 慶尙道;Korean pronunciation:[kjʌ̹ŋ.sa̠ŋ.do̞]) was one of theEight Provinces ofJoseon Korea. Gyeongsang was located in southeastern Korea.
The provincial capital of Gyeongsang wasDaegu. The region was the birthplace of the kingdom ofSilla, which unified Korea in 668 CE. The region also has a highly significant role in modern Korean history; every non-acting South Korean president from 1963 to 2022 exceptChoi Kyu-hah (1979-1980) had ancestry from Gyeongsang, and all exceptLee Myung-bak were also born in Gyeongsang.
Today, the historical region is divided into five administrative divisions: the three independent cities ofBusan,Daegu andUlsan, and the two provinces ofNorth Gyeongsang Province andSouth Gyeongsang Province. The largest city in the historical region isBusan, followed byDaegu.
The predecessor to Gyeongsang Province was formed during theGoryeo (918-1392), replacing the former provinces ofYeongnam,Sannam andYeongdong.
Gyeongsang acquired its current name in 1314. The name derives from names of the principal cities ofGyeongju andSangju.
In 1895, Gyeongsang was replaced by thedistricts ofAndong in the north, Daegu (대구부;大邱) in the centre,Jinju in the southwest, and Dongnae (동래부;東萊府; nowBusan) in the southeast.
In 1896, Andong, Daegu, and northern Dongnae Districts were merged to form North Gyeongsang, and Jinju and southern Dongnae districts were merged to form South Gyeongsang. North and South Gyeongsang are part ofSouth Korea today.
The language used in Gyeongsang province (south and north) is the Yeongnamdialect of Korean, also called theGyeongsang dialect, and the intonation and vocabulary is different from the standard Seoul dialect (표준어,pyojuneo) in several ways.[1] Yeongnam dialect itself is further subdivided into several dialects. For example, Busan dialect is slightly different from Andong dialect and Uljin dialect.
| English | Seoul dialect | Gyeongsang dialect |
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| key | 열쇠yeolsoe | 쇳대soetdae (in Busan) |
| whole, every, all | 모두modu, 언제나eonjena, 항시hangsi | 마카maka (in Yaecheon county) |
| Why do you do that? (asking reason of an action-sentence) | 왜 그래요?Wae geuraeyo?, 왜 그러세요?Wae geureoseyo? | 와 그랑교?Wa geuranggyo? (in Southern Gyeongsang, Busan, Ulsan) 와 그리니껴?Wa geurinikkyeo? (in Northern Gyeongsang) |
Gyeongsang Province was bounded on the west byJeolla andChungcheong Provinces, on the north byGangwon Province, on the south byKorea Strait, and on the east by theSea of Japan. The region is ringed by theTaebaek andSobaek Mountains and is drained by theNakdong River.
The largest cities in the region areBusan,Daegu, andUlsan. Other cities of note are Gyeongju (the former capital ofSilla), Andong,Yeongju, Sangju,Gimcheon,Miryang,Gimhae,Changwon (the capital of South Gyeongsang),Masan, and Jinju.[2]
The Gyeongsang region as a whole is often referred to by theregional and former provincial name of "Yeongnam" (The term "Yeongdong" is applied today toGangwon Province).
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