Busan

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/ˌbuːˈsɑːn/

proper noun

A metropolitan city of South Korea. It is the second largest city and the largest port city in Korea. It is also well known for its beaches and port.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Pusan

  1. A metropolitan city of South Korea. It is the second largest city and the largest port city in Korea. It is also well known for its beaches and port.

    The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson arrived Tuesday in the South Korean port city of Busan in a new exhibition of the deterrence mechanism established by Washington and Seoul against Pyongyang.

    2023 November 21, “US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea in allied show of strength”, in EFE, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2023
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    "We are seeing cases where the newly built urban spaces are beginning to experience sudden flooding and storm surge," said Choi. She highlighted the case of Marine City in Busan, South Korea, a residential community dominated by upscale skyscrapers, where successive typhoons over the last decade have tossed waves over seawalls and submerged nearby streets.

    2023 May 15, Martin Kuebler, “Rising sea levels: Is land reclamation still viable?”, in DW News, archived from the original on 19 May 2023

    Synonyms: Fusan

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA metropolitan city of South Korea. It is the second largest city and the largest port city in Korea. It is also well known for its beaches and port.

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Origin

  1. Korean부산(釜山)
  2. EnglishBusan

Borrowed from Korean 부산(釜山) (Busan).

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Translations

Arabic بُوسَان
  • بُوسَان (busān)Busan, South Korea
Bulgarian Пусан
  • Пусан (Pusan)Busan, South Korea
Chinese Cantonese 釜山
  • 釜山 (fu² saan¹)Busan, South Korea
Chinese Mandarin 釜山
  • 釜山 (Fǔshān)Busan, South Korea
Czech Pusan
  • PusanBusan, South Korea
Esperanto Pusano, Busano
  • PusanoBusan, South Korea
  • BusanoBusan, South Korea
Finnish Busan
  • BusanBusan, South Korea
French Pusan, Busan
  • PusanBusan, South Korea
  • BusanBusan, South Korea
German Busan
  • BusanBusan, South Korea
Greek Πουσάν, Μπουσάν
  • Πουσάν (Pousán)Busan, South Korea
  • Μπουσάν (Bousán)Busan, South Korea
Hebrew פוסן, פּוּסַאן
  • פוסןBusan, South Korea
  • פּוּסַאן (pusan)Busan, South Korea
Hindi बुसान
  • बुसान (busān)Busan, South Korea
Hungarian Puszan
  • PuszanBusan, South Korea
Italian Busan
  • BusanBusan, South Korea
Japanese 釜山
  • 釜山 (Pusan)Busan, South Korea
Korean 부산
  • 부산Busan, South Korea
Latin Pusanum
  • PusanumBusan, South Korea
Latvian Pusana
  • PusanaBusan, South Korea
Lithuanian Pusanas
  • PusanasBusan, South Korea
Persian بوسان
  • بوسان (busân)Busan, South Korea
Polish Pusan
  • PusanBusan, South Korea
Portuguese Busan
  • BusanBusan, South Korea
Romanian Busan
  • BusanBusan, South Korea
Russian Пуса́н
  • Пуса́н (Pusán)Busan, South Korea
Slovak Pusan
  • PusanBusan, South Korea
Spanish Busán
  • BusánBusan, South Korea
Tagalog Busan
  • BusanBusan, South Korea
Thai ปูซาน
  • ปูซาน (bpoosaan)Busan, South Korea
Turkish Busan
  • BusanBusan, South Korea
Ukrainian Пусан
  • Пусан (Pusan)Busan, South Korea
Urdu بوسان
  • بوسان (būsān)Busan, South Korea
Vietnamese Busan, Phủ Sơn
  • BusanBusan, South Korea
  • Phủ SơnBusan, South Korea

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Cite this entry
APA

Busan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Busan

MLA

“Busan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Busan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Busan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Busan.

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