Meanings
alternative Chŏlla
- historicalA 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 611 more example
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
Origin
- Korean전라도(全羅道)
- EnglishJeolla
Borrowed from Korean 전라도(全羅道) (Jeollado). Doublet of Chŏlla.
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French Jeolla
- Jeollaprovince of South Korea
Korean 전라도
- 전라도 (Jeollado)province of South Korea
Polish Jeolla
- Jeollaprovince of South Korea
Cite this entry
Jeolla. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jeolla
“Jeolla.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jeolla. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jeolla,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jeolla.
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