North Hwanghae

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 황해북도(黃海北道) (Hwanghaebukdo).

Proper noun

North Hwanghae

1. A province of North Korea. Capital: Sariwon.
   • 2018 April 23, Javier C. Hernández, “36 Killed in Tour Bus Crash in North Korea, Chinese Officials Say”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on April 23, 2018, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     The circumstances of the crash, which occurred in North Hwanghae province, near the border with South Korea, remained unclear on Monday, and there was limited coverage in China’s state-run news media.

Translations

province of North Korea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黃海北道 / 黄海北道 (zh) (Huánghǎiběidào)

• Korean: 황해북도 (hwanghaebukdo)

Further reading

• North Hwanghae at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “North Hwanghae”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2213, column 2