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)

1. area, district, particular geographic region

   지역사회 개발 은행을 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)