Taedong

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 대동강(大同江) (Daedonggang).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tǎʹdôngʹ[1]

Proper noun

Taedong

  1. The river that flows through Pyongyang in North Korea.
    • 2013 November 1, Julian Ryall, “Splashy Kim”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 25 May 2021, Asia:
      One project that has recently been completed is the Munsu Water Park (purportedly shown above in a picture from the KCNA news agency), which was described as a "monumental edifice for the people," on the banks of the Taedong River in Pyongyang.

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References

  1. Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Taedong River”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1862, column 1:(tǎʹdôngʹ), Korean Taedong-gang, Jap. Daido-ko, [] Sometimes spelled Taidong.

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Korean 대동강 (daedonggang).

Proper noun

Taedong m

  1. The river that flows through Pyongyang in North Korea.

Further reading

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