Taedong
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Korean 대동강(大同江) (Daedonggang).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Taedong
- The river that flows through Pyongyang in North Korea.
- 2013 November 1, Julian Ryall, “Splashy Kim”, in Deutsche Welle[2], archived from the original on 25 May 2021, Asia[3]:
- 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.
Synonyms[edit]
- (from Mandarin Chinese) Datong, Tatung
Translations[edit]
river
References[edit]
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Taedong River”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1862, column 1: “(tǎʹdôngʹ), Korean Taedong-gang, Jap. Daido-ko, […] Sometimes spelled Taidong.”
Further reading[edit]
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Taedong River”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3082, column 2
- Taedong at Google Ngram Viewer
- “Taedong”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Taedong”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Korean 대동강 (daedonggang).
Proper noun[edit]
Taedong m
- The river that flows through Pyongyang in North Korea.
Further reading[edit]
Taedong on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
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- nl:Rivers in North Korea
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