Gwangju

English

Etymology

From Korean 광주(光州) (gwangju). Doublet of Kwangju.

Proper noun

Gwangju

1. A city in South Korea.
   • 2017 August 24, Julian Ryall, “Can South Korea heal Gwangju uprising wounds?”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[1], archived from the original on August 25, 2017, Asia‎^[2]:

     Defense Minister Song Young-moo has been charged with a re-examination of the military's brutal repression of what is known as the Gwangju uprising, which broke out in the city of Gwangju on May 18, 1980. […]
     Events in Gwangju, 300 kilometers southwest of Seoul, were part of broader civil unrest, including protests against the presence of the US military in South Korea and student demands for democracy, minimum wages and a free press.

   • 2021 July 18, Choe Sang-Hun, “‘Historical Distortions’ Test South Korea’s Commitment to Free Speech”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 July 2021‎^[4]:

     In the history of South Korea’s fight for democracy, the 1980 uprising in Gwangju stands out as one of the proudest moments. Thousands of ordinary citizens took to the streets to protest a military dictatorship, and hundreds were shot down by security forces. The bloody incident has been sanctified in textbooks as the “Gwangju Democratization Movement.”

Translations

a city in South Korea

• Arabic: جْوَانْجُو m (gwanjū)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 光州 (zh) (Guāngzhōu)

• Japanese: 光州 (くぁんじゅ, Kwanju)
• Korean: 광주(光州) (ko) (Gwangju)
• Russian: Кванджу́ m (Kvandžú)
• Vietnamese: Quang Châu (vi) (光州)