Daejeon

D2A1E1J8E1O1N1

proper noun

A metropolitan city of South Korea.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A metropolitan city of South Korea.

    One morning in Daejeon, an unremarkable-looking city in the center of the country, I ducked into a drab office building housing a jimjilbang that seemed like a hidden water world.

    2014 February 7, Jodi Kantor, “A Look at Korea’s Culture From the Bathhouse”, in The New York Times (Travel section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2014

Origin

  1. Korean대전(大田)
  2. EnglishDaejeon

Borrowed from Korean 대전(大田) (Daejeon).

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Translations

Arabic دَايْجْيُون
  • دَايْجْيُون (dayjyūn)a city in South Korea
Chinese Cantonese 大田
  • 大田 (daai⁶ tin⁴)a city in South Korea
Chinese Mandarin 大田
  • 大田 (Dàtián)a city in South Korea
Japanese 大田
  • 大田 (Tejon)a city in South Korea
Korean 대전
  • 대전 (Daejeon)a city in South Korea
Polish Daejeon
  • Daejeona city in South Korea
Russian Тэджо́н
  • Тэджо́н (Tɛdžón)a city in South Korea
Vietnamese Đại Điền
  • Đại Điềna city in South Korea
Cite this entry
APA

Daejeon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Daejeon

MLA

“Daejeon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Daejeon. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Daejeon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Daejeon.

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