Pakchon

P3A1K5C3H4O1N1

proper noun

A county of North Pyongan Province, North Korea.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of North Pyongan Province, North Korea.
    1 more example

    Meanwhile, the progress rates of rice transplantation near Sukchon County, South Pyongan Province, and Pakchon County, North Pyongan Province, were 58.1% and 68.0%, respectively, compared with the progress rates of 63.0% and 75.1% at the same time in 2018. In other words, the progress rates in Sukchon and Pakchon Counties were 4.9% and 6.7% lower than the rates six years earlier.

    2024 June 25, Bruce Songhak Chung, “N. Korea completes almost 70% of rice transplanting as of early June”, in Daily NK, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2024

Origin

  1. Korean박천(博川)
  2. EnglishPakchon

Borrowed from Korean 박천(博川) (Bakcheon).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 博川
  • 博川 (bok³ cyun¹)county
Chinese Mandarin 博川
  • 博川 (Bóchuān)county
Korean 박천
  • 박천 (Bakcheon)county
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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