Meanings
- 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
- Korean희천(熙川)
- EnglishHuichon
Borrowed from Korean 희천(熙川) (Huicheon).
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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
Huichon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huichon
“Huichon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huichon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Huichon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huichon.
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