Yeongnam
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| Yeongnam | |
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| Hangul: |
영남 (DPRK: 령남)
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| Hanja: |
嶺南
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| Revised Romanization: | Yeongnam |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Yŏngnam (DPRK: Ryŏngnam) |
Yeongnam (literally "south of the passes") is the name of a region that coincides with the former Gyeongsang Province in what is now South Korea. (It was also the name of a Goryeo-era province in the same area.)
The region includes the modern-day provinces of North and South Gyeongsang and the self-governing cities of Busan, Daegu, and Ulsan. The regional name is used (with a slightly different spelling) as the name of Yeungnam University.
