지역

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 地域, from 地 (“land”) + 域 (“boundary”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕijʌ̹k̚]
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Phonetic hangul: [지역]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jiyeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jiyeog
McCune–Reischauer^?	chiyŏk
Yale Romanization^?	ciyek

Noun

지역 • (jiyeok) (hanja 地域)

area, district, particular geographic region
지역사회 개발 은행 을 더 도와줌으로써
jiyeoksahoe gaebal eunhaeng-eul deo dowajum-eurosseo
with more support for community development banks

1999, Bill Clinton's Seventh State of the Union Address (The original sentence in English)

Derived terms

생태지역 (生態地域, saengtaejiyeok, “ecoregion”)

See also

구역 (區域, guyeok)
지방 (地方, jibang)

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