Tanchon

English

Alternative forms

• Tanch'on

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 단천(端川) (Dancheon).

Proper noun

Tanchon

1. A port city in northeastern South Hamgyong Province, North Korea.
   • 2016 August 11, Jean H. Lee, “North Korean Gymnast’s Selfie Goes Viral, but Her Bio Is Sparse”, in The New York Times‎^[1], sourced from SEOUL, South Korea, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 May 2024, Olympics:

     She was born in the port city of Tanchon in South Hamgyong province in the far north and raised in the industrial city of Hamhung, and is described in the book as the baby of the family, the youngest of three children.

Translations

municipal city

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 端川

  Mandarin: 端川 (Duānchuān)

• Korean: 단천(端川) (Dancheon)