Skip to main content
Incheon

Incheon

1 5.6
A large port city in the northwest of South Korea near Seoul
  • proper noun
  • /ɪnˈtʃoʊn/
: Incheon
  • The present study was approved by the Inha University Institutional Review Board Committee on Studies Involving Human Beings (Incheon, Korea).
  • Incheon International Airport
  • Incheon, South Korea
  • Incheon International

Seoul airport, which our Incheon airport is amazing.

Examples

  • South Korean flag carrier Korean Air delayed a flight scheduled to leave Incheon International Airport for JFK on Monday by 22 hours.

    Blog text (15)
  • South Korean Special Navy seamen hang on the rope from a helicopter during the 62nd Incheon Landing Operations Commemoration ceremony in waters off Incheon, South Korea.

    Blog text (12)
  • Just got back from Mongolia via United from Incheon to Eureka/Arcata.

    Blog text (27)
  • So we're going to go head out to Incheon to visit Chinatown and then I think we're going to go to IKEA afterwards.

  • Seoul's Incheon Airport reigns supreme as the Best Airport Worldwide according to Airport Council International, so what do they have to offer?

    Blog text (4)
  • It covers all the major battles, including the landings at Incheon and the Chosen Reservoir.

    Blog text (11)
  • Seoul Incheon, Seoul, Korea

    Blog text (20)
  • Incheon is the coastal city where United Nations Forces led by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur landed in September 1950, just months after North Korea invaded the South.

    Blog text (12)
  • South Korean Special Navy seamen hang on the rope from a helicopter during the 62nd Incheon Landing Operations Commemoration ceremony in waters off Incheon, South Korea.

    Blog text (12)
  • Many travelers prefer to connect through Incheon International Airport when flying to Asia.

Synonyms

Inchon
vsIncheon
2 6.5

A port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea with a major international airport

is focused on being a major northwest port near the capital

Surface Forms

Incheon main

Etymology

Incheon comes from Korean written with Chinese characters, where the two parts are 仁 'kind' and 川 'river'. That's why the name suits a busy port city by a river and the sea.