Meanings
- A city in South Korea.
Vice-Admiral Kamimura reports that at dawn of the 14th instant, our squadron found, off Ulsan, the south-eastern coast of Corea, three ships of the Vladivostock squadron steaming southward.
1904 August 17 [1904 August 13], “KAMIMURA'S REPORT.”, in Hongkong Daily Press, number 14,467, Hong Kong, sourced from Tokyo and Kamimura Hikonojō, →OCLC, page 2, column 51 more example
At least 80 people were being treated for smoke inhalation from the blaze, at a 33-story building in the city of Ulsan, according to the Yonhap news agency. No deaths were immediately reported.
2020 October 8, “Fire Engulfs South Korea High-Rise, Forcing Hundreds to Evacuate”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2020, Asia Pacific
Origin
- Korean울산(蔚山)
- EnglishUlsan
Borrowed from Korean 울산(蔚山) (Ulsan).
More words from Korean
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Arabic أُولْسَان
- أُولْسَان (ʔulsān)city in South Korea
Chinese Mandarin 蔚山
- 蔚山 (Wèishān)city in South Korea
Dutch Ulsan
- Ulsancity in South Korea
Japanese 蔚山
- 蔚山 (Urusan)city in South Korea
Korean 울산
- 울산 (Ulsan)city in South Korea
Russian Ульса́н
- Ульса́н (Ulʹsán)city in South Korea
Cite this entry
Ulsan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulsan
“Ulsan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulsan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ulsan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulsan.
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