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갱빈

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Korean

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Etymology

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Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 강변 (江邊, gangbyeon, “riverside”), but with semantic widening. Gyeongsang and Jeolla speakers traditionally often used 강(江) (gang, river) for "ocean" as well.

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Noun

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갱빈 (gaengbin)

  1. (Gyeongsang) the bank of any large body of water: the seashore, the riverbank, etc.
    Hypernym: (Standard Seoul Korean, for any water regardless of size) 물가 (mulga)