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Yanggang

/ˈjæŋ.ɡæŋ/US/ˈjɑŋ.ɡɑŋ/

Yanggang proper noun: synonym of Ryanggang.

Proper noun

Yanggang

  1. Synonym of Ryanggang.
    • According to the north Korean Central Broadcasting Station on August 15, the Central People's Committee (north Korea's highest government body) issued on August 12 two administrative decrees, one to name Pungsan County of Yanggang Province as Kimhyonggwon County and Pungsan District Kimhyonggwon...
    • and Pungsan County in Yanggang Province Kimhyonggwon District and Kimhyonggwon County. Kim Hyong-gwon is President Kim Il-sung's deceased uncle. The committee also issues a decree naming Pabal Senior High School of Kimhyonggwon Senior High School.1990, North Korea News, numbers 508-559, →OCLC, pages 3, 6
    Synonyms:
    Ryanggang

Examples of Yanggang in a sentence

  • […]in Hwangsuwon-ri of Kimhyonggwon County of Yanggang Province, an area situated north of the Pujollyong mountain range.1999, Summary of World Broadcasts: Asia, Pacific, number 3575-3587, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 1:
  • In August, a former high-ranking North Korean intelligence agent who defected to Japan said that 3,000 hectares was set aside for poppy cultivation in the north-eastern province of Yanggang in 1992.2002 December 3, Andrew Ward, “US accuses N Korea of links to narcotics trade”, in The New York Times, sourced from Seoul, →ISSN, →OCLC...
  • During a scorching lowland heat wave the following August, the Kims prudently chose to focus their guidance on remote Pungsan County, in the high, cool mountains of Yanggang Province.2004 September, Bradley K. Martin, “Yura”, in Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty, 1st edition...

Synonyms of Yanggang

Origin of Yanggang

Borrowed from Korean 양강도(兩江道) (Yanggangdo).

Questions about Yanggang

What does Yanggang mean?
Yanggang means synonym of Ryanggang.
How do you use Yanggang in a sentence?
[…]in Hwangsuwon-ri of Kimhyonggwon County of Yanggang Province, an area situated north of the Pujollyong mountain range.
What part of speech is Yanggang?
Yanggang is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Yanggang?
Yanggang is pronounced /ˈjɑŋ.ɡɑŋ/ (US).

Words near Yanggang in the dictionary

  1. Yangchow
  2. Yangchu
  3. Yangchüan
  4. yanged
  5. Yangery
  6. Yanggang
  7. Yanggao
  8. yangge
  9. yanggona
  10. yanggonas
  11. Yanghe

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