also: けいきどう
noun
Gyeonggi-do; Gyeonggi Province
Refers to the South Korean province surrounding Seoul. The reading キョンギド is standard in modern Japanese.
京畿道はソウルを取り囲む韓国の道です。
Gyeonggi-do is a South Korean province that surrounds Seoul.
京畿道の水原市には世界遺産の華城があります。
In Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, there is the World Heritage site Hwaseong Fortress.
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.