Pusan
3
5.7
- proper noun
- /ˈpuːsɑːn/
- Archaic
- I come from Pusan.
- Pusan, Korea
- Pusan National University
Examples
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The accident occurred during the domestic sea carriage between Pusan and Jeju Island in Korea.
Academic text (2017) -
You are in Pusan.
Fiction book (2002) -
But I thought you wanted to get to Pusan.
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The address of my shop in Pusan.
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I must get to Pusan.
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He wants me to purchase him a ticket to Pusan and arrange some papers for him.
Fiction book (1990) -
My dad was a chopper jock in Korea, and he went down bringing wounded into a MASH unit in Pusan.
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After traffic in South Korea's Pusan Harbor, one of the world's busiest, dropped by 40 percent in March, the port ran out of space to store the 32,000 unused containers that had piled up.
Academic text (2009) -
Researchers in Pusan, Korea, have conducted a study of the effects of adding sawdust and cow manure to amend leather sludge in preparation for vermicomposting the material.
Academic text (1999) -
When the Korean War broke out, Moon escaped across the border to the South Korean city of Pusan.
Synonyms
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3.5
A large port city in southeastern South Korea and the country's second largest city
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Pusan is an older spelling of the Korean city now written Busan, and it comes from two parts: bu meaning 'cooking pot' and san meaning 'mountain'. The city was named for a nearby mountain that looks like a pot, so the name literally means 'cooking pot mountain', which helps explain the place name for this port city.