Kumgang

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 금강(金剛) (Geumgang).

Proper noun

Kumgang

1. A county of Kangwon Province, North Korea.
2. A mountain in Kangwon Province, North Korea.
   • 2008, Robert Willoughby, “Practical Information”, in North Korea (Bradt Travel Guides)‎^[1], 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 71:

     The only direct connection from the ROK to the DPRK is by the Hyundai corporation ferry that sails from Hyundai Sokcho ferry terminal, taking short tours (three or four days) to the Mt Kumgang area on North Korea’s southeast coast.

   • 2018 December 13, “North and South Korea meet through handshakes and art”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[2], archived from the original on 13 December 2018, Arts‎^[3]:

     Mount Kumgang, or Geumgangsan, which translates as Diamond Mountain, has always been a muse for Koreans. Poets and artists have been celebrating it in their works since well before the Middle Ages.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Jingang

Translations

county; mountain

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金剛／金刚 (zh) (Jīngāng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 금강 (ko) (geumgang)

Further reading

• Kumgang at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• “Kumgang”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Kumgang”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Kumgang, Mount”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1629, column 2