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South Hwanghae

South Hwanghae proper noun: a province of North Korea. Capital: Haeju.

Proper noun

South Hwanghae

  1. A province of North Korea. Capital: Haeju.
    • The meeting summed up the implementation of the instructions on further developing agricultural production and all other work in the province, which Comrade Kim Il-song, the respected and beloved leader, gave when he personally visited South Hwanghae Province last year, and discussed the new tasks...1971 September 24 [1971 September 22], “Kim Il-song Addresses KWP Provincial Plenary Meeting”, in Daily Report: Asia & Pacific, volume IV, number 186, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced...
    • A United Nations food agency released grim video on Friday of what it said were severely malnourished North Korean children. The Rome-based World Food Program said it shot the video at the Haeju Pediatric Hospital in the western South Hwanghae Province in mid-August.2011 September 10 [2011 September 9], “North Korea: U.N. Says Video Shows Malnourished Children”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2011, Asia Pacific, page A6

Origin of South Hwanghae

Borrowed from Korean 황해남도(黃海南道) (Hwanghaenamdo).

Questions about South Hwanghae

What does South Hwanghae mean?
South Hwanghae means a province of North Korea. Capital: Haeju.
What part of speech is South Hwanghae?
South Hwanghae is a proper noun.

Words near South Hwanghae in the dictionary

  1. South Hill
  2. South Hobart
  3. South Holland
  4. South Huron
  5. South Hurstville
  6. South Hwanghae
  7. South Hylton
  8. South India
  9. South Indian
  10. South Indians
  11. South Island

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