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Kumgang
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English
Kumgangsan
Etymology
Borrowed from en ko ^금강(金剛).
Pronunciation
ko͞om′gäng′Kum·gang San 394 2
Proper noun
en county p/Kangwon c/North Korea.
en mountain p/Kangwon c/North Korea.
en 2008 Robert Willoughby Practical Information North Korea w:Bradt Travel Guides https://archive.org/details/northkoreabradtt0000will/ 2nd 1-84162-219-2 1028345136 12569771M 71 https://archive.org/details/northkoreabradtt0000will/page/71/ The only direct connection from the ROK to the DPRK is by the Hyundai corporation ferry that sails from Hyundai Sokcho ferry terminal, taking short tours (three or four days) to the Mt Kumgang area on North Korea’s southeast coast.
en 13 December 2018 North and South Korea meet through handshakes and art https://web.archive.org/web/20181213172907/https://www.dw.com/en/north-and-south-korea-meet-through-handshakes-and-art/a-46718742 13 December 2018 https://www.dw.com/en/north-and-south-korea-meet-through-handshakes-and-art/a-46718742 w:Deutsche Welle Arts Mount Kumgang, or Geumgangsan, which translates as Diamond Mountain, has always been a muse for Koreans. Poets and artists have been celebrating it in their works since well before the Middle Ages.
Synonyms
from Mandarin Chinese en Jingang
Translations
county; mountain
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 金剛 Jīngāng
Japanese: ja
Korean: ko 금강
References
Further reading
Kumgang
Diamond Mountains 512 1
en 1998 Kumgang, Mount Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1629 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1629/ 2