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Amnok

Amnok proper noun: synonym of Yalu: the Korean-derived name.

Proper noun

Amnok

  1. Synonym of Yalu: the Korean-derived name.
    • A very respectable employé assured me that as many as 1000 families had in the past ten years emigrated to the Chinese side of the Amnok, which is about five miles from the town, but the neighbourhood bore a flourishing appearance, and the population was said to be still increasing.1888, W. R. Carles, Life in Corea, Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, →OL, pages 228–229
    • On December 27, 1910 Governor-General Terauchi was to attend a ceremony dedicating the railway bridge over the Amnok River.1970, Sohn Pow-key, Kim Chol-choon, Hong Yi-sup, The History of Korea, →OCLC, →OL, pages 252–253
    Synonyms:
    Amnok-gang, Yalu

Examples of Amnok in a sentence

  • He said he was arrested May 27 on an island in the Amnok River which runs along the border between North Korea and China.2016 July 15, “North Korea detains person it alleges is South Korean spy”, in AP News, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2022:
  • Growing up in the northeast part of North Korea, she could observe China from the other side of the Amnok River.2018 April 2, Tim Franco, “Telling the Stories of Defectors From North Korea”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2018:

Synonyms of Amnok

Origin of Amnok

Borrowed from Korean 압록강(鴨綠江) (Amnokgang).

Questions about Amnok

What does Amnok mean?
Amnok means synonym of Yalu: the Korean-derived name.
How do you use Amnok in a sentence?
He said he was arrested May 27 on an island in the Amnok River which runs along the border between North Korea and China.
What part of speech is Amnok?
Amnok is a proper noun.

Words near Amnok in the dictionary

  1. amniotic sacs
  2. amniotically
  3. amniotitis
  4. amniotomies
  5. amniotomy
  6. Amnok
  7. Amnok-gang
  8. AMO
  9. Amo.
  10. Amoah
  11. Amoahs

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