Meanings
- An island of Ulleung, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
Ulleungdo, the largest island in the East Sea, serves as a major fishery base as does Dokdo island.
2003, “The Country”, in Handbook of Korea, 11th edition, The Korean Overseas Information Service, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9, column 11 more example
A North Korean ship with five sailors on board was found adrift on Saturday in waters near Ulleungdo, an island off the northeast coast of South Korea, the Unification Ministry in the South said in a news release. Their ship was sinking when the South Korean Coast Guard came to their rescue, the statement said.
2015 July 7, Choe Sang-Hun, “3 North Korean Sailors Defect to South After Ship Strays”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2015, Asia Pacific
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn island of Ulleung, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
Origin
- Korean울릉도(鬱陵島)
- EnglishUlleungdo
Borrowed from Korean 울릉도(鬱陵島) (Ulleungdo).
More words from Korean
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 鬱陵 /郁陵, 鬱陵島 /郁陵岛
- 鬱陵 /郁陵 (Yùlíng)island
- 鬱陵島 /郁陵岛 (Yùlíngdǎo)island
Japanese 鬱陵島
- 鬱陵島 (Ururundo)island
Korean 울릉, 울릉도
- 울릉 (Ulleung)island
- 울릉도 (Ulleungdo)island
Cite this entry
Ulleungdo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulleungdo
“Ulleungdo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulleungdo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ulleungdo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulleungdo.
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