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Ulleungdo

Ulleungdo proper noun: an island of Ulleung, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.

Proper noun

Ulleungdo

  1. An island of Ulleung, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
    • Ulleungdo, the largest island in the East Sea, serves as a major fishery base as does Dokdo island.2003, “The Country”, in Handbook of Korea, 11th edition, The Korean Overseas Information Service, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9, column 1
    • A North Korean ship with five sailors on board was found adrift on Saturday in waters near Ulleungdo, an island off the northeast coast of South Korea, the Unification Ministry in the South said in a news release. Their ship was sinking when the South Korean Coast Guard came to their rescue, the...2015 July 7, Choe Sang-Hun, “3 North Korean Sailors Defect to South After Ship Strays”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2015, Asia Pacific

Synonyms of Ulleungdo

Origin of Ulleungdo

Borrowed from Korean 울릉도(鬱陵島) (Ulleungdo).

Questions about Ulleungdo

What does Ulleungdo mean?
Ulleungdo means an island of Ulleung, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
What part of speech is Ulleungdo?
Ulleungdo is a proper noun.

Words near Ulleungdo in the dictionary

  1. Ulleskelf
  2. Ullesthorpe
  3. ullet
  4. ullets
  5. Ulleung
  6. Ulleungdo
  7. Ullie
  8. Ullina
  9. ulling
  10. Ullman
  11. Ullmann

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