Amnok-gang
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Korean 압록강(鴨綠江) (Amnokgang).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- enPR: än′nŭk′-käng′[2]
Proper noun
Amnok-gang
- Synonym of Yalu: the Korean-derived name.
- Synonym: Amnok
- 1886 May [1886 January 25], W. R. Carles, “Recent Journeys in Korea”, in Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, number V, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 297:
- The longest journey that I made in Korea was in the autumn of 1884, when, starting from Soul, I followed the main road to China as far as Wi-ju, and thence continued along the north frontier to Wi-wön. At Wi-wön I left the Amnok-gang, whose valley had been pursued by the road so far, and crossed by Kang-ge over a high mountain range to Chang-jin.
- 1990, “Transport and Communications”, in The Geographical Digest 1990-91[2], Oxford: Heinemann Educational Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 106, column 2:
- Korea, North. The first 80 km section of the Hyesan to Kanggye link was opened on 22.12.88 to follow the Chinese border along the Amnok-gang river valley.
- 2004 April, “Old Maps of the West”, in East Sea in Old Western Maps with Emphasis on the 17-18th Centuries[3], Seoul: Shinyou Printing Co., →OCLC, page 175:
- 1763 MER DE CORÉE
Miche Picaud, Paris
The sea is referred to as "MER DE CORÉE". The name is identified as "COREA". China's portion of Manchuria over the Amnok-gang river is described as the territory of Korea and the border with China is extended far to the north. There are several geographical locations identified.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Amnok-gang.
References
- ^ Yalu River, Korean Amnok-kang, in Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yalu River”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2113, column 3: “Korean Amnok-kang (än′nŭk′-käng′)”