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Taedonggang

Taedonggang proper noun: synonym of Taedong.

Proper noun

Taedonggang

  1. Synonym of Taedong.
    • During my third trip to Korea, one morning I reached the peak of Moranbong on foot and looked into the distance in all directions: The whole city of Pyongyang was bathed in the bright, rosy rays of the morning sun, with the Taedonggang flowing quietly like a blue ribbon, and magnificent buildings...1984 February 3 [1984 January 2], Mu Qing, “Three Trips to a Heroic Nation”, in Daily Report: China, volume I, number 024, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing LIAOWANG No 1...
    • The stone walls of the fortress (main defense line) were about 6 meters high and 3 meters wide with a length of about 9 kilometers. The square of the fortress was also quite broad; for example, the fortress on the bank of the Taedonggang river was about ten kilometers squared.1992, Korea Journal, volume 32, Korean National Commission for UNESCO, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 107
    Synonyms:
    Taedong

Examples of Taedonggang in a sentence

  • The formerly desolate eastern bank of the Taedonggang had become part of the city proper.1984 February 3 [1984 January 2], Mu Qing, “Three Trips to a Heroic Nation”, in Daily Report: China, volume I, number 024, Foreign...
  • The beer, named for the Taedonggang River, is a fairly full-flavoured lager that is swilled with gusto around the country.2017 May, “North Korea”, in Robin Barton, editor, Lonely Planet's Global Beer Tour (Lonely Planet Food), 1st edition, Lonely Planet Global...

Synonyms of Taedonggang

Origin of Taedonggang

Borrowed from Korean 대동강(大同江) (Daedonggang).

Questions about Taedonggang

What does Taedonggang mean?
Taedonggang means synonym of Taedong.
How do you use Taedonggang in a sentence?
The formerly desolate eastern bank of the Taedonggang had become part of the city proper.
What part of speech is Taedonggang?
Taedonggang is a proper noun.

Words near Taedonggang in the dictionary

  1. Taechiu
  2. TAED
  3. taedium
  4. taedium vitae
  5. Taedong
  6. Taedonggang
  7. Taega
  8. taegeuk
  9. taegeuks
  10. Taegu
  11. taeguk

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