haeju
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A city in South Hwanghae Province, North Korea.
Example Sentences
- "This morning, according to the South Korean Office of Public Information, South Korean troops pushing northward captured Haeju, capital of Hwanghae Province, which is one mile north of the border and sixty-five miles northwest of Seoul, taking ten anti-aircraft pieces and ten trucks."
- "According to the declaration, the South will build a special economic zone in Haeju, a port town in southwestern North Korea, and establish a joint fishing area in nearby disputed waters in the Yellow Sea. The two sides will also work to establish joint use of a nearby river and shipping routes in waters that have long been the focal point of military clashes between the Koreas, most recently in 2002. Haeju is not far from the Kaesong Industrial Complex, the economic zone already established inside the North by South Korea."
- "The South Korean weather office said snow also fell in North Korea, with at least eight centimetres reported in the western port of Haeju."
- "3 FEBRUARY 1943[…] IJN cargo ship YAMADORI MARU (2904grt) arrived at Kaishu (Haizhou), Chosen (now Haeju, North Korea). She began to load 1,900 tons of cement."
- "Seaworthy or not, the ship set sail from the port city of Haeju, North Korea, on July 23, 2016, with a 23-manned North Korean crew that included a captain and a political officer to ensure communist-party discipline on board."
- "South Hwanghae Province, where Haeju is located, is North Korea's key agricultural region."
Etymology
From Korean 해주(海州) (Haeju).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ^해주(海州)