Incheon

English

Alternative forms

• Inchon, Inchŏn (dated)

Etymology

From Korean 인천(仁川) (Incheon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnt͡ʃʌn/, /ˈɪnt͡ʃən/

Proper noun

Incheon

1. A city in South Korea.
   • 2023 August 24, John Yoon, “Escape China by Jet Ski? A Dissident Is Said to Have Planned It for Years”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 August 2023, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     The South Korean Coast Guard has confirmed that on Aug. 16 it found a man stranded with a Jet Ski-type vehicle on a mud flat off the country’s west coast, near the city of Incheon. In a statement, it said the man, whom it did not identify, had been detained Sunday on suspicion of entering South Korea illegally by sea from China.

   • 2024 March 29, “Asian dust covers Korean peninsula, triggers air quality alert”, in EFE‎^[3], archived from the original on March 30, 2024‎^[4]:

     At 8am local time, Seoul recorded about 440 micrograms per cubic meter of dust, while the nearby city of Incheon reported 349 micrograms, according to the Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA).
     Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds the capital and Incheon, recorded 424 micrograms, and Gangwon Province, east of the capital region, recorded 329 micrograms.

Synonyms

• Jemulpo

Translations

city in South Korea

• Arabic: إِنْشْيُون m (ʔinšyūn)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 仁川 (jan⁴ cyun¹)

  Mandarin: 仁川 (zh) (Rénchuān)

• Dutch: Incheon n
• Esperanto: Inĉono
• French: Incheon
• Greek: Ίντσον (Íntson)
• Hindi: इंचियोन (iñciyon)
• Japanese: 仁川 (いんちょん, Inchon), インチョン (Inchon)
• Korean: 인천(仁川) (Incheon)
• Macedonian: Инчон (Inčon)
• Russian: Инчхо́н (ru) m (Inčxón)
• Thai: อินช็อน
• Ukrainian: Інчхон (Inčxon)
• Vietnamese: Nhân Xuyên (仁川)

Anagrams

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