Rasŏn

See also: Räson and rason

English

Alternative forms

• Rason, Raseon, Naseon

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 라선(羅先) (Raseon), from 라진(羅津) (Rajin) + 선봉(先鋒) (Seonbong), the two districts that form the city.

Proper noun

Rasŏn

1. A city in North Korea.
   • 2012 August 13, Choe Sang-hun, “North Korea Reported to Be Pursuing Industrial Project With China”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on August 14, 2012, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     North Korea also opened a free-trade zone in Rason, at its northeastern corner, in the 1990s.

Usage notes

• The initial "R" is replaced with "N" (or with nothing or other consonants in other examples) in the South Korean standard, which is also reflected in the spelling, the jamo ㄹ (l) is replaced with ㄴ (n). The modern standard South Korean romanisation does not use ŏ to romanize the vowel [ʌ̹] (jamo: ㅓ (eo)) as is still done in North Korea, a digraph eo is used instead.

Synonyms

• Rajin-Sŏnbong

Translations

a city in North Korea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅先／罗先 (Luóxiān)

• Japanese: 羅先 (らそん, Rason)
• Korean: (North Korea) 라선(羅先) (Raseon), (South Korea) 나선(羅先) (ko) (Naseon)
• Russian: Расо́н m (Rasón)

Anagrams

• SONAR, arson, orans, roans, saron, sonar, sorna