Definition of Kwangju

1. Noun. City in southwestern South Korea; an important military base during the Korean War.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Republic Of Korea, South Korea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kwangju

Kveim
Kveim-Stilzbach antigen
Kveim-Stilzbach test
Kveim antigen
Kven
Kvens
Kwa
KwaZulu
KwaZulu-Natal
Kwaj
Kwajalein
Kwakiutl
Kwame
Kwan-yin
Kwangchow
Kwangju
Kwangtung
Kwannon
Kwanyama
Kwanza
Kwanzaa
Kwell
Kwere
Kwiatkowski
Ky.
Kyasanur Forest disease virus
Kyasanur forest disease
Kyavar
Kyd
Kyiv

Literary usage of Kwangju

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Korea: A Country Study by Andrea Matles Savada, William Shaw (1992)
"The kwangju Uprising Chun's hard-line policy led to a confrontation in ... The kwangju massacre was to became an important landmark in the struggle for ..."

2. Technical Digest Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements edited by P. A. Williams, G. W. Day (2001)
"... UC Peak, and D. Y Kim Department of Information and Communications, kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Oryong-dong 1 Puk-gu kwangju, Korea. ..."

3. A Crusade of Compassion for the Healing of the Nations: A Study of Medical by Caroline Atwater Mason (1919)
"Of peculiar interest is the origin of that at kwangju, known as the kwangju Leper Home and presided over by Dr. RM Wilson of the Southern Presbyterian ..."

4. Towards Sustainable Transportation: Conference Organised by the OECD, Hosted by OECD Staff (1997)
"The most common approach to the improvement of transport problems in kwangju has been expansion of the transportation system. This simplified approach had ..."

5. Fires Across the Water: Transnational Problems in Asia by James Shinn (1998)
"While no killings approaching the scale of the kwangju massacre followed, other abuses, particularly torture, continued to be pervasive. ..."

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