Meanings
proper noun
- A city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
The North’s artillery firing came a day after the South Korean and United States finished a weeklong joint live-fire military drill in Pocheon, north of Seoul, on Thursday that involved artillery, tanks, armored vehicles and A-10 Warthog planes.
2024 January 5, Choe Sang-Hun, “North Korea Fires Artillery Near Border With South Korea”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2024
Origin
- Korean포천(抱川)
- EnglishPocheon
Borrowed from Korean 포천(抱川) (Pocheon).
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Chinese Mandarin 抱川
- 抱川 (Bàochuān)city in South Korea
Korean 포천
- 포천 (Pocheon)city in South Korea
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Cite this entry
APA
Pocheon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pocheon
MLA
“Pocheon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pocheon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pocheon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pocheon.
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