Hungnam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 흥남(興南) (Heungnam).

Proper noun

Hungnam

1. A district of Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea.
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     Mr. Sohn’s parents were among 91,000 refugees that the American military evacuated from Hungnam, a port on the eastern coast of North Korea, in a frantic retreat from Chinese Communist troops during the Korean War in 1950. They boarded the last ship leaving the port with refugees — the S.S. Meredith Victory, a United States merchant marine cargo freighter.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 興南／兴南 (zh)

• Korean: 흥남(興南) (Heungnam)