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Encyclopedia > Geum River
Geum River
Hangul: 금강
Hanja: 金江
Revised Romanization: Geumgang
McCune-Reischauer: Kŭmgang

The Geum River is a river in South Korea. It rises in North Chungcheong Province, flows through South Chungcheong, and finally forms part of the border between South Chungcheong and North Jeolla Provinces before emptying into the Yellow Sea near Gunsan city. Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... North Chungcheong is a province in the centre of South Korea. ... South Chungcheong is a province in the west of South Korea. ... South Chungcheong is a province in the west of South Korea. ... North Jeolla is a province in the southwest of South Korea. ... The Yellow Sea (in North and South Korea, it is also called the West Sea (strangely not disputed like East Sea) is the northern part of the East China Sea, which in turn is a part of the Pacific Ocean. ... Gunsan is a city in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. ...


In the area of Buyeo County, it bears the name Baengmagang, which means White Horse River. Numerous legends associate the ancient kingdom of Baekje with the Baengmagang. A very famous song of the sin minyo tradition, Kkumkkuneun Baengmagang (꿈꾸는 백마강, "Dreaming Baengmagang"), is about this stretch of the river. Buyeo County (Buyeo_gun) is a county in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. ... Baekje (meaning One Hundred Vassals) was a kingdom that existed in southwestern Korea from 18 BCE to 660 CE. In Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla, it is known as one of the Three Kingdoms. ...


The river's Korean name ("Gold River") is a homonym of the word for "diamond" (금강; 金剛) and should not be confused with Kŭmgang Mountain (금강산; 金剛山; "Diamond Mountain") in North Korea. Homonyms (in Greek homoios = identical and onoma = name) are words that have the same phonetic or orthographic form but unrelated meaning. ... Kŭmgang-san (Diamond Mountain) is the second-tallest mountain in North Korea, with a height of 1638 metres. ...


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Geum River - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (176 words)
The Geum River is a river in South Korea.
In the area of Buyeo County, it bears the name Baengmagang, which means White Horse River.
The river's Korean name ("Gold River") is a homonym of the word for "diamond" (금강; 金剛) and should not be confused with Kŭmgang Mountain (금강산; 金剛山;; "Diamond Mountain") in North Korea.
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