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Kimhyonggwon

Kimhyonggwon proper noun: a county in southeastern Ryanggang Province, North Korea.

Proper noun

Kimhyonggwon

  1. A county in southeastern Ryanggang Province, North Korea.
    • According to the north Korean Central Broadcasting Station on August 15, the Central People's Committee (north Korea's highest government body) issued on August 12 two administrative decrees, one to name Pungsan County of Yanggang Province as Kimhyonggwon County and Pungsan District Kimhyonggwon...
    • and Pungsan County in Yanggang Province Kimhyonggwon District and Kimhyonggwon County. Kim Hyong-gwon is President Kim Il-sung's deceased uncle. The committee also issues a decree naming Pabal Senior High School of Kimhyonggwon Senior High School.1990, North Korea News, numbers 508-559, →OCLC, pages 3, 6
    Synonyms:
    Pungsan

Examples of Kimhyonggwon in a sentence

  • […]in Hwangsuwon-ri of Kimhyonggwon County of Yanggang Province, an area situated north of the Pujollyong mountain range.1999, Summary of World Broadcasts: Asia, Pacific, number 3575-3587, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 1:
  • A separate source in Ryanggang Province said that when the sealed cargo section was opened, it was found to be carrying slaughtered sheep from Kimhyonggwon County under refrigeration.2019 July 31, Kim Yoo Jin, “Soldiers who inspected Kim Jong Un’s personal food truck removed from duties”, in Daily NK, archived from the...

Synonyms of Kimhyonggwon

Origin of Kimhyonggwon

Borrowed from Korean 김형권군(金亨權郡) (Gimhyeonggwon'gun). Named after Korean revolutionary Kim Hyŏnggwŏn, uncle of Kim Il Sung.

Questions about Kimhyonggwon

What does Kimhyonggwon mean?
Kimhyonggwon means a county in southeastern Ryanggang Province, North Korea.
How do you use Kimhyonggwon in a sentence?
[…]in Hwangsuwon-ri of Kimhyonggwon County of Yanggang Province, an area situated north of the Pujollyong mountain range.
What part of speech is Kimhyonggwon?
Kimhyonggwon is a proper noun.

Words near Kimhyonggwon in the dictionary

  1. Kimerys
  2. Kimes
  3. Kimeses
  4. Kimet
  5. kimetaoshi
  6. Kimhyonggwon
  7. Kimi
  8. Kimichie
  9. Kimie
  10. Kimigayo
  11. Kimiko

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