낙동강

Etymology
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The river was anciently most often called, modern Korean reading. The modern name first appears in the fifteenth century. Two suggestions have traditionally been proposed as to the first element:


 * From, an alternative name of , a major town on this river. Suggested in 's 택리지/擇里志 Taengniji, 1758, and other Early Modern sources.
 * From, an alternative name of , an ancient ethnic group living west of this river. Suggested in 's 아방강역고/我邦疆域考 Abang gang'yeokgo, c. 1812.

Proper noun

 * 1) the  the longest river entirely in Korea