Meanings
- A city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
Yang Geong Cheol, a factory manager and a father of two in Gumi, an industrial city south of Seoul, paid for his older daughter’s late-night cram-school classes for six years, but she didn’t get into elite colleges. “It was a waste of money,” he said.
2011 April 3, Michael Alison Chandler, “S. Korea tries to wrest control from booming private tutoring industry”, in The Washington Post (World section), Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Dec 20141 more example
A growing number of cities across South Korea are sponsoring blind-dating events like these for singles, desperate to prod young adults onto a track for marriage and family as the country has recorded the world’s lowest fertility rate for three years in a row.[…] In Gumi, an industrial city in central South Korea, 13 couples who met through the events have gotten married since 2016.
2023 August 7, John Yoon, “Seeking Love, With Help From the City Government”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2023
Origin
- Korean구미(龜尾)
- EnglishGumi
Borrowed from Korean 구미(龜尾) (Gumi).
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Chinese Cantonese 龜尾 /龟尾
- 龜尾 /龟尾 (gwai¹ mei⁵)city in South Korea
Chinese Mandarin 龜尾 /龟尾
- 龜尾 /龟尾 (Guīwěi)city in South Korea
Korean 구미
- 구미 (Gumi)city in South Korea
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Cite this entry
Gumi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gumi
“Gumi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gumi. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gumi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gumi.
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