Amnok
English
Etymology
From Korean 압록 (鴨綠, Amnok).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- enPR: änʹnǔkʹ[2]
Proper noun
Amnok
- Synonym of Yalu: the Korean-derived name
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Amnok.
- 1888, W. R. Carles, Life in Corea, Macmillan and Co., OCLC 249545924, OL 6945009M, pages 228-229:
- A very respectable employé assured me that as many as 1000 families had in the past ten years emigrated to the Chinese side of the Amnok, which is about five miles from the town, but the neighbourhood bore a flourishing appearance, and the population was said to be still increasing.
- 1970, Sohn Pow-key, Kim Chol-choon, Hong Yi-sup, The History of Korea, OCLC 749560302, OL 4274047M, pages 252-253:
- On December 27, 1910 Governor-General Terauchi was to attend a ceremony dedicating the railway bridge over the Amnok River.
- 2008, Robert Willoughby, North Korea (Bradt Travel Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, OCLC 1028345136, OL 12569771M, page 201:
- Another 40km south of Samjiyon is the Amnok riverbank city of Hyesan, opposite China, worth visiting for another China/DPRK comparison that’s also a favourite for visitors to Dandong (see page 205).
- 2015 September 30, Bridge across North Korea′s Amnok River closed off due to collapse 북한 압록강 대교 노, Arirang News, archived from the original on August 9, 2021, 0:00 from the start:
- A bridge connecting North Korea′s western city of Shinuiju and the Chinese city Dangdong has been closed off due to a partial collapse.
According to Korean broadcaster YTN, the northern end of the Amnok River, or the New Yalu River Bridge, caved in by four to seven meters on Monday at around 8:30 AM, while a Chinese media outlet also reported that the bridge partially sunk with a single vehicle falling in.
References
- Yalu River, Korean Amnok-kang, in Encyclopædia Britannica
- Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yalu River”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World (in English), Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, page 2113, column 3: “Korean Amnok-kang (änʹnǔkʹ-kängʹ)”
Further reading
- “Amnok” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.