also: けいきどう
Gyeonggi-do; Gyeonggi Province
Refers to the South Korean province surrounding Seoul. The reading キョンギド is standard in modern Japanese.
Gyeonggi-do is a South Korean province that surrounds Seoul.
In Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, there is the World Heritage site Hwaseong Fortress.
Japanese on'yomi reading; rarely used in modern contexts, where the Korean reading キョンギド is preferred.
From Korean 경기도 (Gyeonggi-do), meaning 'capital region province'. The kanji 京畿道 are used in Japanese to represent the Korean name, with the reading キョンギド approximating the Korean pronunciation.