Taedong

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 대동강(大同江) (Daedonggang).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tǎʹdôngʹ

Proper noun

Taedong

1. The river that flows through Pyongyang in North Korea.
   • 2013 November 1, Julian Ryall, “Splashy Kim”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[2], archived from the original on 25 May 2021, Asia‎^[3]:

     One project that has recently been completed is the Munsu Water Park (purportedly shown above in a picture from the KCNA news agency), which was described as a "monumental edifice for the people," on the banks of the Taedong River in Pyongyang.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Datong, Tatung

Translations

river

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大同江 (daai⁶ tung⁴ gong¹)

  Mandarin: 大同江 (zh) (Dàtóngjiāng)

• Dutch: Taedong m
• Korean: 대동강 (daedonggang)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Taedong River”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3082, column 2
• Taedong at Google Ngram Viewer
• “Taedong”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Taedong”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Dutch

Etymology

From Korean 대동강 (daedonggang).

Proper noun

Taedong m

1. The river that flows through Pyongyang in North Korea.

Further reading

• Taedong on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl