name
Meaning 1
An island, province, and city in South Korea.
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Standard Lemma guide
jeju
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Pronunciation
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/ˈd͡ʒɛd͡ʒu/
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CMU ARPABET: JH EH1 JH UW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
An endangered language, sometimes considered a dialect of the Korean language, spoken on the island.
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noun
Meaning 3
A South American (Amazonian) erythrinid fish, Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus (formerly sometimes Erythrinus unitaeniatus).
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noun
Meaning 4
An ethnic group native to the island.
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Usage: plural, plural-only
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Korean 제주(濟州) (Jeju). Doublet of Cheju and Jizhou.
From Tupian.
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 濟州島 /济州岛 (Jìzhōudǎo) — island in South Korea
- Chinese Mandarin: 濟州 /济州 (Jìzhōu) — island in South Korea
- Finnish: Jeju — island in South Korea
- French: Jeju — island in South Korea
- Italian: Jeju — island in South Korea
- Italian: Isola di Jeju — island in South Korea
- Japanese: 済州島 (Cheju-do, Saishū-tō) — island in South Korea
- Japanese: 済州 (Cheju, Saishū) — island in South Korea
- Jeju: 제주 (Jeju) — island in South Korea
- Jeju: 제주도 (Jeju-do) — island in South Korea
- Korean: 제주도 (Jeju-do) — island in South Korea
- Korean: 제주 (Jeju) — island in South Korea
- Latin: Jeju — island in South Korea
- Latin: Insula Jeju — island in South Korea
- Latin: Ieiu — island in South Korea
- Polish: Czedżu — island in South Korea
- Russian: Чеджудо́ (Čedžudó) — island in South Korea
- Spanish: Jeju — island in South Korea
- Swedish: Jeju — island in South Korea
- Vietnamese: Đảo Tế Châu — island in South Korea
- Chinese Mandarin: 濟州 /济州 (Jìzhōu) — province in South Korea
- French: Jeju — province in South Korea
- Italian: Jeju — province in South Korea
- Italian: provincia di Jeju — province in South Korea
- Japanese: 済州 (Cheju, Saishū) — province in South Korea
- Jeju: 제주 (Jeju) — province in South Korea
- Jeju: 제주도 (Jeju-do) — province in South Korea
- Korean: 제주도 (Jejudo) — province in South Korea
- Korean: 제주 (Jeju) — province in South Korea
- Latin: Jeju — province in South Korea
- Latin: Provincia Jeju — province in South Korea
- Latin: Ieiu — province in South Korea
- Polish: Czedżu — province in South Korea
- Russian: Чеджудо́ (Čedžudó) — province in South Korea
- Russian: Чеджу́ (Čedžú) — province in South Korea
- Spanish: Jeju — province in South Korea
- Swedish: Jeju — province in South Korea
- Vietnamese: Tế Châu — province in South Korea
- Chinese Mandarin: 濟州市 /济州市 (Jìzhōu shì) — city in South Korea
- Chinese Mandarin: 濟州 /济州 (Jìzhōu) — city in South Korea
- French: Jeju — city in South Korea
- Italian: Jeju — city in South Korea
- Italian: città di Jeju — city in South Korea
- Japanese: 済州市 (Cheju-shi, Saishū-shi) — city in South Korea
- Japanese: 済州 (Cheju, Saishū) — city in South Korea
- Jeju: 제주 (Jeju) — city in South Korea
- Korean: 제주시 (Jeju-si) — city in South Korea
- Korean: 제주 (Jeju) — city in South Korea
- Latin: Jeju — city in South Korea
- Latin: Urbs Jeju — city in South Korea
- Latin: Ieiu — city in South Korea
- Polish: Czedżu — city in South Korea
- Russian: Чеджу́ (Čedžú) — city in South Korea
- Spanish: Jeju — city in South Korea
- Swedish: Jeju — city in South Korea
- Vietnamese: thành phố Tế Châu — city in South Korea
- Vietnamese: Tế Châu — city in South Korea
- Chinese Mandarin: 濟州方言 /济州方言 (Jìzhōu fāngyán) — lect
- Chinese Mandarin: 濟州話 /济州话 (Jìzhōu huà) — lect
- French: jeju — lect
- Italian: Jeju — lect
- Italian: dialetto di Jeju — lect
- Jeju: 제줏말 (jejunmal) — lect
- Jeju: 제주말 (jejumal) — lect
- Korean: 제주말 (Jeju-mal) — lect
- Korean: 제주어 (Jeju-eo) — lect
- Latin: Jeju — lect
- Latin: dialectos Jeju — lect
- Latin: Ieiu — lect
- Polish: czedżu — lect
- Russian: чеджу́ (čedžú) — lect
- Swedish: Jeju — lect