Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

koksan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kok-san
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county of North Hwanghae Province, North Korea.

name

Ellipsis of M-1978 Koksan, a model of North Korean heavy artillery.

Example Sentences

"According to a Daily NK source in North Korea, about 60 homes were flooded and fields destroyed in Unpa County and Koksan County, North Hwanghae Province, during recent monsoon rains.[…] In Koksan County, strong winds blew the roofs off homes, while torrential rains poked holes in or collapsed the walls of houses."

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 곡산(谷山) (Goksan).

Questions

What does koksan mean?: A county of North Hwanghae Province, North Korea.
Where does koksan come from?: Borrowed from Korean 곡산(谷山) (Goksan).

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