Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mangyongdae

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: mangy-ong-dae
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Pyongyang, North Korea.

Example Sentences

"Mangyongdae District is the westernmost area of Pyongyang city, filling the banks of the River Pothong's western artery."
""At around 17:30 on December 19, 2011, hundreds of magpies appeared from nowhere and hovered over a statue of President Kim Il Sung on Changdok School campus in Mangyongdae District, clattering as if they were telling him the sad news," state news agency KCNA reported on Monday."
"Ri Jae Hong, a representative of the Capital Public Transportation Bureau, told an AP television news crew that the main tram route, from Pyongyang Station in the central part of town to the Mangyongdae district, is 21 kilometers (13 miles) from end to end."

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 만경대(萬景台) (Man'gyeongdae).

Origin

Source language: Korean

Word Breakdown

Root: ^만경대(萬景台)

Questions

What does mangyongdae mean?: A district of Pyongyang, North Korea.
Where does mangyongdae come from?: It is traced to Korean.

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