North Hwanghae

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 황해북도(黃海北道) (Hwanghaebukdo).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hwäng′hă′[1]

Proper noun

North Hwanghae

  1. A province of North Korea. Capital: Sariwon.
    • 2018 April 23, Javier C. Hernández, “36 Killed in Tour Bus Crash in North Korea, Chinese Officials Say”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 April 2018, Asia Pacific‎[2]:
      The circumstances of the crash, which occurred in North Hwanghae province, near the border with South Korea, remained unclear on Monday, and there was limited coverage in China’s state-run news media.

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References

  1. ^ Seltzer, Leon E., editor (1952), “Hwanghae”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 819, column 1: “Hwanghae (hwäng′hǎ′), Korean Hwanghae-do, Jap. [Japanese] Kokai-do, […]”

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