Meanings
- A city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
A rapid-fire chain of explosions shook the building. Within minutes, the 107,000-square-foot warehouse in Icheon, southeast of Seoul, became an inferno — and a death trap for 38 workers. Toxic, ink-black smoke billowed up so fast that survivors later said they could hardly find the stairways out.
2020 April 30, Choe Sang-Hun, “‘We Are Not Learning Lessons’: South Korea Mourns an Avoidable Disaster”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2020, Asia Pacific1 more example
“Arm plays a very important role in the international semiconductor ecosystem, and the ecosystem will not allow a single entity to take full advantage of the benefit from the acquisition,” said Park during a briefing after an SK Hynix shareholder meeting at its headquarters in Icheon, in Gyeonggi province.
2022 March 31, Che Pan, “Semiconductor giants’ interest to acquire British chip design firm Arm deepens as owner SoftBank steps up IPO plans”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2022, Tech
Origin
- Korean이천(利川)
- EnglishIcheon
From Korean 이천(利川) (Icheon).
More words from Korean
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Esperanto Iĉono
- Iĉonocity in South Korea
Korean 이천시
- 이천시 (Icheon-si)city in South Korea
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Icheon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Icheon
“Icheon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Icheon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Icheon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Icheon.
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