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South Hamgyong

South Hamgyong proper noun: a province of North Korea. Capital: Hamhung.

Proper noun

South Hamgyong

  1. A province of North Korea. Capital: Hamhung.
    • The course of the Yalu river traverses a track of country ranging from 124 20' to 128 40' E. Long. and from 39 50' to 42 15, N. Lat., the course of its main stream affording a boundary line on the south-western side of Changpai Mountain (長白山), dividing the southern parts of Liaoning Province from...[1931, Wu Lien-teh, editor, Manchurian Plague Prevention Service Reports 1929-1930, volume VII, pages 208–209
    • Kim Jae Ru, a 67-year-old member of the Korean Workers' Party, worked for decades at the vast mine in Kumdug in South Hamgyong province. As the only major mine operating in North Korea, it received a healthy ration of donated food, a mixture of 80 percent corn and 20 percent rice.2000 February 19, John Pomfret, “N. Korean Refugees Insecure In China”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2024, page A01

Examples of South Hamgyong in a sentence

  • As North Korea's premier toured South Hamgyong, as much as 300 millimeters (11.8 inches) of new rain fell in some areas of North Hamgyong province on Wednesday, state broadcaster KRT reported.2021 August 12, “North Korea: Heavy flooding destroys homes, farmland”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2021, News:
  • Sinpo, in South Hamgyong, is the site of North Korea’s main submarine development center.2023 March 13, “Pyongyang launches missiles from submarine ahead of US-Seoul drills”, in EFE, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2023:

Origin of South Hamgyong

Partial calque of Korean 함경남도(咸鏡南道) (hamgyeongnamdo).

Questions about South Hamgyong

What does South Hamgyong mean?
South Hamgyong means a province of North Korea. Capital: Hamhung.
How do you use South Hamgyong in a sentence?
As North Korea's premier toured South Hamgyong, as much as 300 millimeters (11.8 inches) of new rain fell in some areas of North Hamgyong province on Wednesday, state broadcaster KRT reported.
What part of speech is South Hamgyong?
South Hamgyong is a proper noun.

Words near South Hamgyong in the dictionary

  1. South Gyeongsang
  2. South Gyle
  3. South Hadley
  4. South Hadley Falls
  5. South Ham
  6. South Hamgyong
  7. South Hamilton
  8. South Hampstead
  9. South Hampton
  10. South Hams
  11. South Hanningfield

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