Huichon

H4U1I1C3H4O1N1

proper noun

A municipal city in Chagang Province, North Korea.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A municipal city in Chagang Province, North Korea.

    Last week, in a kindergarten in the industrial city of Huichon, about two-thirds of the way between Pyongyang and the Yalu River border with China, the World Vision team examined children who showed all the classic signs of malnutrition, Mr. Natsios said.

    1997 June 11, Barbara Crossette, “Hunger in North Korea: A Relief Aide's Stark Report”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2012, World, page 8

Origin

  1. Korean희천(熙川)
  2. EnglishHuichon

Borrowed from Korean 희천(熙川) (Huicheon).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 熙川
  • 熙川 (hei¹ cyun¹)municipal city
Chinese Mandarin 熙川
  • 熙川 (Xīchuān)municipal city
Korean 희천
  • 희천 (Huicheon)municipal city

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Cite this entry
APA

Huichon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huichon

MLA

“Huichon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huichon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Huichon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huichon.

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