Type Settlement
Usage Korean
Scripts 청주(Korean Hangul) 淸州(Korean Hanja)
Other Forms FormsCh'ŏngju (McCune-Reischauer)
Meaning & History
Combination of 淸 (청, cheong, "clear, clean") and 州 (주, ju, "province"), thus "clear province", or "perfect province". This is the name of a city in South Korea.