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 07 July 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.

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