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Yeongnam (literally "south of the passes") is the name of a region that coincides with the former Gyeongsang Province in what is now South Korea. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language Romanization system in South Korea. McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language Romanization systems along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which Gyeongsang ( Gyeongsang-do) was one of the eight provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː (It was also the name of a Goryeo-era province in the same area. The Goryeo Dynasty ( 918 - 1392) (also spelled Koryŏ was a Sovereign state established in 918 by Taejo Wang Kon. )
The region includes the modern-day provinces of North and South Gyeongsang and the self-governing cities of Busan, Daegu, and Ulsan. Gyeongsangbuk-do (North Gyeongsang is a province in eastern South Korea. Gyeongsangnam-do (South Gyeongsang is a province in the southeast of South Korea. Daegu (pronounced) also spelled Taegu (pronounced) officially called Daegu Metropolitan City, is the fourth largest city in South Korea after Ulsan is a metropolitan city in the south-east of South Korea, facing the East Sea The regional name is used (with a slightly different spelling) as the name of Yeungnam University. Yeungnam University is one of the largest universities in South Korea outside of Seoul.
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Korea has traditionally been divided into a number of unofficial regions that reflect historical geographical and dialect boundaries within the peninsula. This article is about Yeongdong a region in eastern Korea. For the county of the same name in North Chungcheong Province South Korea, see Yeongdong Honam (literally "south of the lake" is a region coinciding with the former Jeolla Province in what is now South Korea. This is a list of articles on Korea -related people places things and concepts South Korea is located in East Asia, on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula jutting out from the far east of the Asian land massDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic