Jeju

See also: jeju and jejú

English

Alternative forms

• Cheju (outdated, McCune-Reischauer transliteration)

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 제주(濟州) (Jeju). Doublet of Cheju.

Proper noun

Jeju

1. An island, province, and city in South Korea.
   • 2023 July 24, “Another US nuclear-powered submarine arrives in South Korea”, in EFE‎^[1], archived from the original on September 24, 2023‎^[2]:

     A United States nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Annapolis, arrived in southwest South Korea’s Jeju island, just three days after another American submersible departed from the southeastern Busan port amid an escalation of regional tensions and the upcoming 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.
     The USS Annapolis has arrived in Jeju to load supplies, a spokesperson for South Korea’s navy, Jang Do-young, said at a press conference on Monday.

2. An endangered language, sometimes considered a dialect of the Korean language, spoken on the island.

Synonyms

• Quelpart (historical name of the island)
• (from Mandarin Chinese) Jizhou, Chi-chou

Translations

island in South Korea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濟州島 / 济州岛 (zh) (Jìzhōudǎo), 濟州 / 济州 (zh) (Jìzhōu)

• Finnish: Jeju (fi)
• French: Jeju (fr)
• Italian: Jeju, Isola di Jeju f
• Japanese: 済州島 (Cheju-do, Saishū-tō), 済州 (Cheju, Saishū)
• Korean: 제주도(濟州島) (ko) (Jeju-do), 제주(濟州) (ko) (Jeju)
• Latin: Jeju (indeclinable), Insula Jeju f, Ieiu (indeclinable)
• Russian: Чеджудо́ (ru) m (Čedžudó)
• Spanish: Jeju
• Swedish: Jeju n
• Vietnamese: Đảo Tế Châu (島濟州)

province in South Korea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濟州 / 济州 (zh) (Jìzhōu)

• French: Jeju (fr)
• Italian: Jeju, provincia di Jeju f
• Japanese: 済州 (Cheju, Saishū)
• Korean: 제주도(濟州道) (ko) (Jejudo), 제주(濟州) (ko) (Jeju)
• Latin: Jeju (indeclinable), Provincia Jeju f, Ieiu (indeclinable)
• Russian: Чеджудо́ (ru) f (Čedžudó), Чеджу́ (ru) f (Čedžú)
• Spanish: Jeju
• Swedish: Jeju n
• Vietnamese: Tế Châu (濟州)

city in South Korea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濟州市 / 济州市 (Jìzhōu shì), 濟州 / 济州 (zh) (Jìzhōu)

• French: Jeju (fr)
• Italian: Jeju, città di Jeju f
• Japanese: 済州市 (Cheju-shi, Saishū-shi), 済州 (Cheju, Saishū)
• Korean: 제주시(濟州市) (Jeju-si), 제주(濟州) (ko) (Jeju)
• Latin: Jeju (indeclinable), Urbs Jeju f, Ieiu (indeclinable)
• Russian: Чеджу́ (ru) m (Čedžú)
• Spanish: Jeju
• Swedish: Jeju n
• Vietnamese: thành phố Tế Châu (城庯濟州), Tế Châu (濟州)

lect

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濟州方言 / 济州方言 (Jìzhōu fāngyán), 濟州話 / 济州话 (Jìzhōu huà)

• French: jeju (fr)
• Italian: Jeju, dialetto di Jeju m
• Jeju: 제줏말 (jejunmal), 제주말 (jejumal)
• Korean: 제주말 (Jeju-mal), 제주어(濟州語) (Jeju-eo)
• Latin: Jeju (indeclinable), dialectos Jeju m, Ieiu (indeclinable)
• Russian: чеджу́ (ru) m (čedžú)
• Swedish: Jeju

See also

Provinces of the Korean Peninsula

• Chungcheong
• Gyeonggi
• Gyeongsang
• Hamgyong
• Hwanghae
• Jeolla
• Pyongan

Noun

Jeju pl (plural only)

1. An ethnic group native to to the island.

Further reading

• Appendix:Jeju Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Jeju
• Ethnologue entry for Jeju, jje ⁠
• ISO 639-3 code jje (SIL)
• Jeju language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
• Wikipedia article on Jeju
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Jeju terms