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PRONUNCIATION OF TANGUN

tangun  [ˈtæŋˌɡʌn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TANGUN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tangun is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TANGUN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tangun

Dangun

Dangun Wanggeom, or Tangun, was the legendary founder of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, around present-day Liaoning, Manchuria, and the Korean Peninsula. He is said to be the "grandson of heaven", and to have founded the kingdom in 2333 BC. The earliest recorded version of the Dangun legend appears in the 13th century Samguk Yusa, which cites China's Book of Wei and Korea's lost historical record Gogi.

Definition of tangun in the English dictionary

The definition of tangun in the dictionary is a small and sturdy pony native to Tibet and Bhutan.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TANGUN


antigun
ˌæntɪˈɡʌn
begun
bɪˈɡʌn
blowgun
ˈbləʊˌɡʌn
gun
ɡʌn
Gunn
ɡʌn
handgun
ˈhændˌɡʌn
outgun
ˌaʊtˈɡʌn
popgun
ˈpɒpˌɡʌn
potgun
ˈpɒtˌɡʌn
progun
prəʊˈɡʌn
shotgun
ˈʃɒtˌɡʌn
supergun
ˈsuːpərˌɡʌn
unbegun
ˌʌnbɪˈɡʌn
windgun
ˈwɪndˌɡʌn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TANGUN

tangie
Tangier
tangiest
tanginess
tangle
tangle weed
tangled
tanglefoot
tanglement
tangler
tanglesome
tanglingly
tangly
tango
tangoist
tangolike
tangram
Tangshan
Tanguy
tangy

WORDS THAT END LIKE TANGUN

air gun
BB gun
big gun
electron gun
elephant gun
field gun
jump the gun
machine gun
Ogun
paint gun
pellet gun
sawed-off shotgun
sawn-off shotgun
scatter-gun
shogun
smoking gun
spray gun
squirt gun
stun gun
water gun

Synonyms and antonyms of tangun in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tangun» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TANGUN

Find out the translation of tangun to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tangun from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tangun» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

檀君
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Tangun
570 millions of speakers

English

tangun
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tangun
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تانغون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Тангун
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Tangun
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tangun
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Tangun
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tangun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tangun
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

檀君
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

단군
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tangun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tangun
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tangun
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टॅंगुन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tangun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Tangun
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Tangun
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Тангун
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Tangun
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Tangun
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tangun
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Tangun
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tangun
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tangun

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TANGUN»

The term «tangun» is normally little used and occupies the 130.484 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TANGUN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tangun

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TANGUN»

Discover the use of tangun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tangun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sources of East Asian Tradition: Premodern Asia
According to the Korean foundation myth, Hwanung came down to the world of man and married a she-bear who bore Tangun, the first ruler of the age of theocracy. The bear cult, the core of the Tangun legend, descends from the Paleolithic ...
William Theodore De Bary, 2008
2
Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang
208 Teishaba Dori build the Tomb of Tangun. . .our nation's father, splendidly to hand it down to posterity'. There had, apparently, been work by archaeologists at the site since 193 6, but these new excavations led to more discoveries.
Justin Corfield, 2013
3
Particularism and Universalism in the Book of Isaiah: ...
In this regard, it is inappropriate to display the images of Tangun at local schools and public areas and to create a national religion based on an uncertain myth. Churches continued to argue that a rash attempt to erect the statues in public ...
Se-Hoon Jang, 2005
4
Syncretism: The Religious Context of Christian Beginnings in ...
element of the legend. We believe that Kim Pusik's Soninwanggdm (or hsien-jen- wang-chien in Chinese)17 reflects the same legend only in a more Taoist inclination.18 Kim Pusik's hsien cult and Iryon's Tangun cult seem to converge on the ...
David Chung, Kang-nam Oh, 2001
5
Sourcebook of Korean Civilization: Volume Two: From the ...
TANGUN CHOSON (Note: According to the Shih chih so-yin [Hidden Meanings to the Historical Records Explained], w the Chinese graph "cho" [morning] in Choson is pronounced the same way in Chinese as the one for tide, and the graph ...
Peter H. Lee, 2013
6
The Bradt Travel Guide: North Korea
7bmb of King Tangun The 5,000-year-old bones of the mythical King Tangun were identified in the early 1990s, an event so ground-shaking that 'Comrade Kim II Sung was so please [sic] he asked dear Comrade Kim Jong II if it was true'.
Robert Willoughby, 2008
7
Haan of Minjung Theology and Han of Han Philosophy
Chin-Hong Chung, another notable authority on hanism, attempts to assay the Tangun myth in terms of three levels of polarities. See Figure 5.26 As shown below in Figure 5, three levels or categories of polarities such as Heaven and Earth, ...
Chang-Hee Son, 2000
8
Modern Education, Textbooks, and the Image of the Nation: ...
The construction of “Tangun" as the founder of the nation is among the notable articulations made during this period. Tangun is mentioned in most history textbooks, yet it becomes more elucidated over time. Most textbooks highlight “ Tangun” ...
Yoonmi Lee, 2012
9
Hang Wire
He fell heavily onto his backside. Tangun's golden mask was a frozen visage of despair and pain. The expression was horrific, the faceof the devil from Korean mythology.Blood ran in two thick courses from the eye holes, streaking thegold with ...
Adam Christopher, 2014
10
The Routledge Intermediate Korean Reader
Chapter 1: The Tangun myth This chapter recounts the story of Tangun, which is considered the foundation myth of the Korean people and nation. As you will see in the story, Tangun was a semidivine being who was born out of the union of a ...
Jaehoon Yeon, Jieun Kiaer, Lucien Brown, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TANGUN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tangun is used in the context of the following news items.
1
North Korea's Kim dynasty: the making of a personality cult
Unlike later Korean kingdoms, Tangun's capital was close to Pyongyang, not Seoul. And so, in 1994, as South Korea blazed ahead in the battle for economic ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
2
Rokan Perdana Juarai Simpang Tangun Futsal Cup III Tahun 2015
Rokan Perdana FC dari Kecamatan Rokan IV Koto keluar sebagai juara Simpang Tangun Futsal Cup III 2015. Klub ini berhak ada uang pembinaan Rp3 juta ... «Riau Terkini, Jan 15»
3
Cue the Concierge: Julie Tangun of Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg
Culture+Travel presents a weekly series that allows the world's leading luxury hotels, resorts, and boutiques to reveal some hidden secrets and hot new places ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jan 15»
4
US issues Executive Order imposing sanctions with respect to North …
KOREA TANGUN TRADING CORPORATION, Pyongyang, Korea, North [NPWMD].-to- KOREA TANGUN TRADING CORPORATION (a.k.a. RYUNG SENG ... «Lexology, Jan 15»
5
What We Know About the New U.S. Sanctions Against North Korea …
Korea Tangun Trading Corporation is subordinate to the Second Academy of Natural Sciences and is primarily responsible for the procurement of commodities ... «Wired, Jan 15»
6
Wer sind die Sportler des Jahres ?
Bruno Bortolussi, Tangun Sportschule, Taekwondo: Landesmeister bei den offenen Landesmeisterschaften von Schleswig-Holstein im Mehrkampf in Uetersen ... «fehmarn24, Jan 14»
7
Geo-politics on the Korean peninsula
But Koreans already regarded it as the birthplace of Tangun, the mythical founder of Korea. And even today the mountain features in the opening verse of South ... «The Economist, Oct 13»
8
Kembali Demo, Petani Tangun Minta PT SSL Ditindak
Ratusan warga Tangun, Bangun Purba kembali berdemo di Dishutbun Rohul. Mereka minta PT SSL ditindak tegas karena menyerobot lahan warga. «Riau Terkini, Aug 13»
9
Ratusan Petani Tangun Rohul Minta Perlindungan dari Gangguan …
Kantor Dishutbun Rohul didatangi ratusan petani Desa Tangun. Mereka minta perlindungan dari gangguan PT SSL, terkait sengketa lahan. «Riau Terkini, Aug 13»
10
Sengketa Lahan PT SSL, Warga Tangun Demo di Dishutbun Rohul
Riauterkini-PASIRPANGARAIAN- Puluhan masyarakat petani dari Desa Tangun, Kecamatan Bangunpurba, melapor ke Dishutbun Rokan Hulu terkait intimidasi ... «Riau Terkini, Jun 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Tangun [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tangun>. Apr 2024 ».
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