Hamgyong

English + Province + Mountains Alternative forms en Hamgyeong obsolete en Ham-kieng Etymology An improper simplification of the McCune-Reischauer romanization Hamgyŏng of en ko ^함경(咸鏡), from its one-time principal cities Hamhung and Kyongsong. Pronunciation häm′gyông′South Hamgyong 1805 2 South Hamgyong (häm′gyông′), Jap. [Japanese] Kankyonando, Korean Hamgyong-namdo, largest province [Jap. and Korean do] Proper noun en historical A former province of northeastern Korea under the Joseon dynasty. en 1894 Korea and the Sacred White Mountain: Being a Brief Account of a Journey in Korea in 1891 https://archive.org/details/cu31924023275658/ London w:George Philip & Son 2970777 197 https://archive.org/details/cu31924023275658/page/n262/ The explanation given was, that last night the Prefect had ordered six for me, while this morning the Governor said two were enough for me. Very soon after this, the card of the Governor of the Hamgyong province, whose name is Han-Chang-Sok, arrived, but still no ponies. en 1960 Edwin O. Reischauer; John K. Fairbank East Asia: The Great Tradition https://archive.org/details/historyofeastasi01reis/mode Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 994133 431 https://archive.org/details/historyofeastasi01reis/page/431/ In 1413 the old Koryŏ division of the country into a capital district, five provinces, and two northern border zones was revised into a uniform pattern of eight provinces: Kyŏnggi around the capital, surrounded by the three provinces of Hwanghae, Kangwŏn, and Ch'ungch'ŏng, with Chŏlla and Kyŏngsang in the southwest and southeast, and P'yŏngan and Hamgyŏng in the northwest and northeast respectively. on en 1973 Andrew C. Nahm Introduction Korea Under Japanese Colonial Rule: Studies of the Policy and Techniques of Japanese Colonialism https://archive.org/details/koreaunderjapane0000conf/ 73-620143 2750985 25 https://archive.org/details/koreaunderjapane0000conf/page/25/ The “bean controversy”’ was the result of an action taken by the governor of Hamgyŏng Province, banning grain exportation to Japan in 1889. Although the ban on grain exportation did hurt some Japanese grain dealers, the real issue in the “‘bean controversy,”’ according to a Japanese source, was to force Korea to abandon her anti-Japanese attitudes. on The mountain range between the northern coast of the East Korea Bay and the Kaema Highlands which runs through the former province, now divided into North Korea's provinces of North and South Hamgyong. Synonyms mountains en Gangbaekjeonggan official within North Korea; en Pepishan, en Pepi Shan obsolete; en Pujonryong improper Hyponyms province en North Hamgyong, en South Hamgyong mountains en Pujollyong, en Pujonryong Translations historical province Korean: ko 함경(咸鏡) Polish: pl Hamgyong m See also en Provinces of the Korean Peninsula Chungcheong Gyeonggi Gyeongsang Hwanghae Jeju Jeolla Pyongan References en Places in North Korea