Meanings
proper noun
- A city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
Also this month, prosecutors in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul, arrested a motorboat racer. The 36-year-old racer was charged with taking cash from a gambling broker in exchange for sending him cellphone text messages predicting the results of a coming race.
2012 February 21, Choe Sang-Hun, “South Korea Cracks Down on Match-Fixing Epidemic”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2012, Sports
Origin
- Korean의정부(議政府)
- EnglishUijeongbu
Borrowed from Korean 의정부(議政府) (Uijeongbu). Named for the State Council of Joseon.
More words from Korean
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 議政府 /议政府
- 議政府 /议政府 (ji⁵ zing³ fu²)city in South Korea
Chinese Mandarin 議政府 /议政府
- 議政府 /议政府 (Yìzhèngfǔ)city in South Korea
Korean 의정부
- 의정부 (Uijeongbu)city in South Korea
Cite this entry
APA
Uijeongbu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uijeongbu
MLA
“Uijeongbu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uijeongbu. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Uijeongbu,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uijeongbu.
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