Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of じやうゑつ – see the following entry.
上越じょうえつ
[proper noun] the former provinces of Kōzuke and Echigo
[proper noun] Jōetsu (a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan) [1971–]
(This term, じやうゑつ, is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)