South Chungcheong

proper noun

A province in central South Korea.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A province in central South Korea.

    The politician, Ahn Hee-jung, governor of South Chungcheong Province, announced his resignation and retirement from public life in a Facebook post early Tuesday, hours after one of his secretaries, Kim Ji-eun, claimed in public that Mr. Ahn had raped her four times since last June.

    2018 March 5, Choe Sang-Hun, “A Political Star Falls as #MeToo Campaign Builds in South Korea”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2018, Asia Pacific

Origin

  1. Korean충청남도(忠淸南道)
  2. EnglishSouth Chungcheong

Borrowed from Korean 충청남도(忠淸南道) (Chungcheongnamdo).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 忠清南道
  • 忠清南道 (Zhōngqīngnándào)province of South Korea
French Chungcheong du Sud
  • Chungcheong du Sudprovince of South Korea
Japanese 忠清南道
  • 忠清南道 (Chūseinandō)province of South Korea
Korean 충청남도
  • 충청남도 (Chungcheongnamdo)province of South Korea
Polish Chungcheong Południowy
  • Chungcheong Południowyprovince of South Korea
Cite this entry
APA

South Chungcheong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/South%20Chungcheong

MLA

“South Chungcheong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/South%20Chungcheong. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “South Chungcheong,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/South%20Chungcheong.

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