양산

Sino-Korean word from 陽傘 (“parasol”).

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양산 • (yangsan) (hanja 陽傘)

1. parasol

• 우산(雨傘) (usan, “umbrella”)

Sino-Korean word from 量産 (“mass production”).

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양산 • (yangsan) (hanja 量産)

1. creation en masse; (in industrial contexts) mass production

   실업자 양산

   sireopja yangsan

   surge in unemployment (due to government policy, etc.)

Sino-Korean word from 梁山.

Renamed in 1413 from earlier 양주 (梁州, Yangju) in order to restrict the use of the character 주 (州, ju, “district”) to large and important towns, replacing it with 산 (山, san, “hill, mountain”). 양주 (梁州, Yangju) was itself an orthographic renaming in 940 of former 양주 (良州, Yangju), short for the Silla placename 삽량주 (揷良州, Samnyangju) which was adopted in 665 CE.

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양산 • (Yangsan) (hanja 梁山)

1. Yangsan (a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea)