List of Korean placename etymologies

Most Korean place names derive either from the Korean language and its predecessors on the Korean peninsula, or from Chinese.

Geographical generics

commonly found in Korean place names:

Romanized	Hangul	Hanja	Meaning
Name Elements
cheon	천	川	river
san	산	山	mountain
ju	주	州	province
City Names
Busan	부산	釜山
Daejeon	대전	大田	Big rice-field
Gangneung	강릉시	江陵	River – hill
Gongju	공주시	公州	Public province
Gwangju	광주시	光州	Bright province

For the countries themselves, see Names of Korea
For names of provinces, see Korea under List of etymologies of country subdivision names

Place names

City names

State, county and province names

Indigenous origin

By language of origin

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