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• Kangwon, Kangwŏn (outdated, McCune–Reischauer)

語源

Borrowed from Korean 강원도(江原道) (Gang'wondo). Doublet of Kangwon.

発音

• enPR: käng′wŭn′

固有名詞

Gangwon

1. A special self-governing province in South Korea. Capital: Chuncheon.
   • 2002 April 13, Don Kirk, “Korea's getaway delights — in any season”, in The New York Times‎, sourced from the Seoul correspondent of the International Herald Tribune, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 March 2024, World‎:

     GOHAN — This town in Jeongseon (Jungsun) County, Gangwon (Kangwon) Province, in five years may be the hub of one of Asia's greatest vacation destinations.

   • 2013, “Gangwon Province”, in Rebecca Lovell, editor, South Korea (Insight Guides)‎, 10th edition, Apa Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 180–181:

     Seoraksan, the “Snow Peak Mountain,” is now more formally known as Seoraksan National Park ⑫ (daily). In fact, it is not a lone mountaintop, but rather a series of peaks in the mid-section of the spectacular Baekdudaegan or “Great White Range,” South Korea’s most prominent geographical region. This panoramic backbone of South Korea’s Gangwon province is a tourist destination that actually lives up to its public relations hype.

   • 2014, Grace H. Chung, Sun Wha Ok, “Marital Violence in South Korea”, in Family Violence from a Global Perspective: A Strengths-Based Approach‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 83:

     Meanwhile, women who have suffered from violence perceive that they are at fault for their husband’s violence and experience shame and guilt. For example, explaining domestic violence in South Korea’s Gangwon province, the following has been noted: “In Gangwon, a patriarchal aspect still remains, and there is a tendency to view living with violence as shameful" (Paik, 2004).

   • 2018 February 18, Claire Galofaro, Kim Tong-hyung, “Kentucky 2030? Could Korea export its rural Olympic gamble?”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 29 March 2024‎:

     The Pyeongchang Winter Games are spread across South Korea’s Gangwon Province, a rural region that few overseas had heard of until its hard-fought bid to be an Olympic host — a massively expensive proposition with dubious payoff, now typically dared only by world-class cities and established resort towns. Its organizers touted it as an opportunity to invest in much-needed infrastructure and transportation upgrades — and with it, restore a sense of pride and purpose. […]
     “We always say that Gangwon Province will be crushed under a pile of debt after the Olympics,” says Kim Jin-tae, a 72-year-old former miner. “This will be a deficit for Gangwon.”

   • 2022 September 25, Adam H. Graham, “Exploring ‘The Land of Morning Calm’”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 September 2022‎:

     South Korea’s northernmost province, Gangwon, two hours northeast, is a sensible first stop, not to mention the scenic shooting locale for “Okja,” a 2017 movie by the “Parasite” director, Bong Joon Ho, about a lovable pig raised on a lush mountaintop farm. Gangwon is pressed up against the infamous DMZ (Demilitarized Zone), a 160 mile-long, 2.5 mile-wide buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea.

   • n.d., “Greetings”, in Gangwon State Government‎, archived from the original on 06 December 2023, Introduction to Gangwon State‎:

     Gangwon State is a new name that was created on June 11, 2023, after 628 years.
     The area of Gangwon State is 16,875㎢, which is 16.7% of the total area of Korea.

   • 2024 January 30, Julian Ryall, “South Korea: Condoms prompt anger at Winter Youth Olympics”, in Deutsche Welle‎, archived from the original on 30 January 2024, Society‎:

     In a statement issued on January 23, six days after the official opening ceremony in the South Korean province of Gangwon, the National Federation of Parents' Organizations demanded that no more condoms should be handed out and that the organizing committee issue an official apology.

参考

Provinces on the Korean Peninsula:

• Chungcheong
• Gyeonggi
• Gyeongsang
• Hamgyeong
• Hwanghae
• Jeju
• Jeolla
• Pyongan

参照

Further reading

• “Gangwon, Kangwon”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Kangwŏn province, South Korea, Also spelled: Gangwon, in Encyclopædia Britannica
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Kangwon”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1497, column 1