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• Cheju (outdated, McCune-Reischauer transliteration)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.
2. An endangered language, sometimes considered a dialect of the Korean language, spoken on the island.
3. An ethnic group native to to 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
• 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 on the Korean Peninsula:

• Chungcheong
• Gangwon
• Gyeonggi
• Gyeongsang
• Hamgyeong
• Hwanghae
• Jeolla
• Pyeongan

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