yongdae gap
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A cape in Tanchon, South Hamgyong, North Korea, on the northern shore of East Korea Bay.
Example Sentences
- "Yongdae Gap (Ryūdai Kō), the precipitous southern extremity of a small peninsula, rises to a height of 154 feet and is free from off-lying dangers. A sparse clump of pine trees surmounts a 200-foot hill situated about 1 mile northward of Yongdae Gap."
- "Our first intrusion was at a point 8.1 miles from Yongdae Gap, in position north 40 degrees 23 minutes, east 129 degrees 13 minutes."
- "While returning to Wonsan, Nootka encountered nine sampans fishing the bay between Yongdae-gap and Yohae-jin. Fishing was allowed close inshore, but blockade regulations prohibited fishing a long way offshore, where Communist agents might observe UN movements."
- "From a position SE of Yongdae Gap (40°28'·33N 129°03'·75E) the route leads ENE for about 43 miles to a position ESE of Musu Dan (40°50'·24N 129°42'·85E)[…] The coast between Yongdae Gap (see above) and Sajin Dan, 13 miles NNE, is high; it is fringed by numerous rocks, most of which are steep-to."
Etymology
From Korean 용대갑(龍台岬) (Yongdaegap), from the Revised Romanization of Korean 용대 (yongdae) and 갑 (gap), from Sino-Korean 龍台岬, from 龍 (“Chinese dragon”), 台 (“platform or terrace”), and 岬 (“cape, headland”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ^용대갑(龍台岬)
Inflected Forms
Yongdae-gap (alternative)
Synonyms
Cape Schlippenbach
Cape Schlippenback