팔도

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팔도

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Eight Provinces of Korea

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 八道, from 八 (“eight”) + 道 (“province”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
Phonetic hangul:

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	Paldo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	Paldo
McCune–Reischauer^?	P'alto
Yale Romanization^?	phalqto

Proper noun

팔도 • (Paldo) (hanja 八道)

the (historical) Eight Provinces of Korea
Meronyms: 강원도(江原道) (Gang'wondo), 경기도(京畿道) (Gyeonggido), 경상도(慶尙道) (Gyeongsangdo), 전라도(全羅道) (Jeollado), 충청도(忠淸道) (Chungcheongdo), 평안도(平安道) (Pyeong'ando), 함경도(咸鏡道) (Hamgyeongdo), 황해도(黃海道) (Hwanghaedo)
- 2019, 곽충구 [gwakchunggu, Kwak Chung-gu], 두만강 유역의 조선어 방언 사전 [duman'gang yuyeogui joseoneo bang'eon sajeon, Dictionary of Korean Dialects of the Tumen River Area], volume II, Taehaksa, →ISBN, page 2460:
  이전 엔 팔도를 알앗는데. 왜앤 전라 남북 도 앞 에 잇다 는 게 사 알지. 조선 사름 이 자기 따 이름 두 알구 다아 알아 야 댄다.
  Ijeon-en paldo-reul aranneunde. Waeaen Jeolla-nambuk-do ap-e itda-neun ge-sa alji. Joseon sareum-i jagi tta ireum-du algu daa ara-ya daenda.
  Before, I used to know the Eight Provinces of Korea. At least I still know enough to say Jeolla Province is the most in the south. Korean people should know their own place names, and all the other stuff.
  (Yukjin dialect)
(poetic) all Korea

Descendants

→ Japanese: 八道 (Hachidō)

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