Meanings
- Synonym of Yalu: the Korean-derived name.
On December 27, 1910 Governor-General Terauchi was to attend a ceremony dedicating the railway bridge over the Amnok River.
1970, Sohn Pow-key, Kim Chol-choon, Hong Yi-sup, The History of Korea, →OCLC, →OL, pages 252–2535 more examples
A very respectable employé assured me that as many as 1000 families had in the past ten years emigrated to the Chinese side of the Amnok, which is about five miles from the town, but the neighbourhood bore a flourishing appearance, and the population was said to be still increasing.
1888, W. R. Carles, Life in Corea, Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, →OL, pages 228–229North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said Saturday that Joo was arrested on April 22 after trying to illegally enter North Korea by crossing the Amnok River from the Chinese border town of Dandong.
2015 May 3, Kim Tong-hyung, “N. Korea arrests U.S. students for illegal entry”, in USA Today, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 May 2015Ko, 53, said he was born in North Korea but fled the country in early 2013 to resettle in the South. He said he was later recruited by South Korea’s spy service for a mission to abduct children from the North. He said he was arrested May 27 on an island in the Amnok River which runs along the border between North Korea and China.
2016 July 15, “North Korea detains person it alleges is South Korean spy”, in AP News, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2022From a very young age, Han Song-i dreamed of becoming a star. Growing up in the northeast part of North Korea, she could observe China from the other side of the Amnok River. In those regions, North Koreans have greater access to imported goods and Chinese TV channels.
2018 April 2, Tim Franco, “Telling the Stories of Defectors From North Korea”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2018It left behind a spectacular caldera, with steep walls plunging down from the rim to the shores of Chonji crater lake -- Heaven Lake in English -- with the China frontier running through its placid blue waters. Made up of rainwater and snowmelt, it is the source of the two rivers that form the border, the Tumen running to the northeast and the Amnok to the southwest, known as the Yalu in China, where the mountain is called Changbaishan.
2019 September 19, “The cataclysm that created a Korean icon”, in France 24, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2022Synonyms: Amnok-gang, Yalu
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Yalu: the Korean-derived name.
Origin
- Korean압록강(鴨綠江)
- EnglishAmnok
Borrowed from Korean 압록강(鴨綠江) (Amnokgang).
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Spanish Amnok
- Amnokriver
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Cite this entry
Amnok. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amnok
“Amnok.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amnok. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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