musu point
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A cape in Hwadae, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea, forming the northern end of the East Korea Bay.
Example Sentences
- "Near the North Korean coast, close to the Musu-dan Peninsula, the crew switched on the highly sensitive electronic intelligence installation, which weighed 2,700 lbs (6,000 kg)."
- "The January temperatures range from -20.0°C at the most isolated spot, Changjin (950 ft), to -16.7°C at Pung son, (1.150 ft), actually slightly higher in elevation but closer to the coast, to -7.6°C at Kolchu (127 ft), on the plain but not on the coast, to -4.6°C at Musu Point (76 ft), a lighthouse on the coast."
- "Deep Sea 129's assigned task was a routine “Beggar Shadow” signal intelligence (SIGINT) collection mission. Its flight profile northwest over the Sea of Japan took it to an area offshore of Musu Point, where the EC-121M would turn northeast toward the Soviet Union and orbit along a 120 nautical mile long elliptical track."
- "The coast between Tadong Dan (40°47'·66N 129°30'·91E) and Musu Dan, 9½ miles ENE, is indented by several small coves."
Etymology
Partial calque of Korean 무수단(舞水端) (Musudan), from the Revised Romanization of Korean 무수 (musu) and 단 (dan), from Sino-Korean 舞水端, from 舞 (“dancing”), 水 (“water or waters”), and 端 (“end; cape”).