함경

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Korean

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 咸鏡, from the former province's two principal cities 함흥(咸興) (hamheung) and 경성(鏡城) (gyeongseong).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hamgyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hamgyeong
McCune–Reischauer?hamgyŏng
Yale Romanization?hamkyeng

Proper noun

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함경 (Hamgyeong) (hanja 咸鏡)

  1. (historical) Hamgyong, a former province of northeastern Korea under the Joseon dynasty, now divided into North Korea's North and South Hamgyong provinces.
  2. The Hamgyong Mountains, a mountain range between the north coast of the East Korea Bay and the Kaema Highlands which runs through these two provinces.

Hyponyms

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