Tuman

Proper noun

Tuman

1. Synonym of Tumen: the Korean-derived name
   • I planted our flag on the Ever White Mountain
     and watered my horse in the Tuman River.1965, Inez Kong Pai, transl., The Ever White Mountain: Korean Lyrics in the Classical Sijo Form, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 53
   • “The sun goes down quickly in the north, you know, especially in the winter.” She pauses, remembering the twilight and the sunset in a small border town by Tuman River that separates northern Korea, Manchuria, and Siberia.1970, Richard E. Kim, Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood, University of California Press, published 1998, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3

   Synonyms:

   Tumen