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Nampo
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Namp'o
English
Alternative forms
en Namp'o
Etymology
From en ko ^남포(南浦).
Pronunciation
näm′pō′Nam·po, formerly Chin·nam·po 510 2 Nam·po (näm′pō′), formerly Chin·nam·po (chē′näm′pō′),
Proper noun
en city c/North Korea.
en 1918 January Changing Korea The Far Eastern Review XIV 1 https://archive.org/details/far-eastern-review-1918.1/ 1767520 35 https://archive.org/details/far-eastern-review-1918.1/page/35/ 2 The dredging of Udan Shoal in the Daido River in front of the Custom House at Heijo (Pyöng-yang) and landing equipments were all completed in the year 1913, and the construction of an open dock system in Chinnampo was completed in 1915. on
en 1962 Robert H. Ivy Westward to the Far East A Link with the Past https://archive.org/details/linkwithpast0000ivyr/ Baltimore The Williams & Wilkins Company 62-19979 4647428 17–18 https://archive.org/details/linkwithpast0000ivyr/page/18/ At Chinnampo, the mining company’s steam launch, with an old American salt named Captain Barstow, was waiting to take us 75 miles farther north to Anju, the old town on the Seisen River, mentioned many times in the newspapers during the late war. on
en 29 February 2012 Aidan Foster-Carter North Korea: The de-nuclearisation dance resumes w:BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20120229190904/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17213948 29 February 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17213948 Asia https://archive.li/bOU4 On 28 February, for example, a US Navy ship docked in Nampo, the port for Pyongyang, with equipment for joint searches for remains of US soldiers missing from the 1950-1953 Korean War.
en April 28, 2017 Chen Aizhu; Gavin Maguire; Florence Tan; Josephine Mason How North Korea gets its oil from China: lifeline in question at U.N. meeting Josephine Mason; Raju Gopalakrishnan; Martin Howell w:Reuters https://archive.ph/GG9SG https://www.reuters.com/article/world/how-north-korea-gets-its-oil-from-china-lifeline-in-question-at-un-meeting-idUSKBN17U1I1/ September 3, 2024 World For decades, the Chinese oil giant has sent small cargoes of jet fuel, diesel and gasoline from two large refineries in the northeastern city of Dalian and other nearby plants across the Yellow Sea to North Korea's western port of Nampo, five sources familiar with the business told Reuters. Nampo serves North Korea's capital, Pyongyang.
en March 26, 2020 Koettl Christoph Coronavirus Is Idling North Korea’s Ships, Achieving What Sanctions Did Not w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20200326212713/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/video/coronavirus-north-korea.html 26 March 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/video/coronavirus-north-korea.html 0362-4331 1645522 One returned ship, the Tian Tong, suspected of transporting North Korean coal to China in October 2019, had been spotted near China’s Zhoushan Island, 600 miles south of Nampo, on Jan. 31 using a falsified transponder signal to disguise its North Korean origin, a tactic used to conduct illicit trade. It returned to North Korea in early February, and has been anchored outside Nampo since at least Feb. 14, according to ship tracking data and satellite imagery reviewed by The Times.
en February 02, 2024 Ju-min Park; Joyce Lee; Jack Kim North Korea fires cruise missiles off west coast -Seoul Ed Davies; Kim Coghill w:Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20240202051840/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-fires-multiple-cruise-missiles-south-korea-2024-02-02/ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-fires-multiple-cruise-missiles-south-korea-2024-02-02/ February 02, 2024 Asia Pacific The latest launch comes after the North said early on Friday that Kim had inspected a shipyard in the port city of Nampho on the west coast and stressed the importance of a strong naval force in "war preparations", according to state media.
Translations
a city in North Korea
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 南浦
Mandarin: cmn 南浦 Nánpǔ
Hindi: hi नाम्पो
Japanese: ja 南浦 ナムポ, Namupo
Korean: ko ^남포(南浦), ko ^진남포(鎭南浦) historical
Russian: ru Нампхо́ m
References
Further reading
en 1998 Nampo 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 2113 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/2113/ 2
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