Koksan

English

Etymology

From Korean 곡산(谷山) (Goksan).

Proper noun

Koksan

1. A county of North Hwanghae Province, North Korea.
   • 2022 July 6, Kim Chae Hwan, “North Hwanghae Province hit hard by torrential rains”, in Daily NK‎^[1], archived from the original on July 07, 2022‎^[2]:

     According to a Daily NK source in North Korea, about 60 homes were flooded and fields destroyed in Unpa County and Koksan County, North Hwanghae Province, during recent monsoon rains. […]
     In Koksan County, strong winds blew the roofs off homes, while torrential rains poked holes in or collapsed the walls of houses.

2. Ellipsis of M-1978 Koksan, a model of North Korean heavy artillery.

Translations

North Korean county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 谷山 (zh) (Gǔshān)

• Korean: 곡산(谷山) (Goksan)