yanggang
/ˈjɑŋ.ɡɑŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "According to the north Korean Central Broadcasting Station on August 15, the Central People's Committee (north Korea's highest government body) issued on August 12 two administrative decrees, one to name Pungsan County of Yanggang Province as Kimhyonggwon County and Pungsan District Kimhyonggwon District, and the other to name Pabal Senior High School in Pungsan County Kimhyonggwon Senior High School, in order to preserve the land associated with[…] and Pungsan County in Yanggang Province Kimhyonggwon District and Kimhyonggwon County. Kim Hyong-gwon is President Kim Il-sung's deceased uncle. The committee also issues a decree naming Pabal Senior High School of Kimhyonggwon Senior High School."
- "[…]in Hwangsuwon-ri of Kimhyonggwon County of Yanggang Province, an area situated north of the Pujollyong mountain range."
- "In August, a former high-ranking North Korean intelligence agent who defected to Japan said that 3,000 hectares was set aside for poppy cultivation in the north-eastern province of Yanggang in 1992."
- "During a scorching lowland heat wave the following August, the Kims prudently chose to focus their guidance on remote Pungsan County, in the high, cool mountains of Yanggang Province."
- "“[China’s] Changbai county [in Jilin province] and [North Korea’s] Hyesan [city in Yanggang province] are so tense that one barely sees any cars or people around,” said the source, who also asked to remain unnamed."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ^양강도(兩江道)
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈjɑŋ.ɡɑŋ/
- British English: /ˈjæŋ.ɡæŋ/