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Gyeongju (city)
👑 慶州 = celebration (慶) + province (州): the celebrated province
Gyeongju was the capital of the Silla kingdom for nearly a thousand years. The hanja 慶 means celebration or congratulation, and 州 means province or region, a common ending in Korean city names like Jeonju and Gwangju.