Meanings
- A district of Seoul, South Korea.
1 more example
Of the 23 criminal suspects that Mr. Son’s team asked prosecutors to indict, the highest-ranking official was Kim Kwang-ho, the chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police. Only six officials have been arrested so far, including Lee Im-jae, the former chief of police in the Yongsan district, which includes Itaewon, and Park Hee-young, the head of the government’s Yongsan district office.
2023 January 13, Choe Sang-Hun, “Officials Blame Negligence for Deadly Seoul Crowd Crush”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jan 2023, Asia Pacific
Origin
- Korean용산(龍山)
- EnglishYongsan
From Korean 용산(龍山) (Yongsan)
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Chinese 龍山 /龙山
- 龍山 /龙山 (Lóngshān)Translations
Japanese 龍山
- 龍山Translations
Korean 용산
- 용산 (yongsan)Translations
Cite this entry
Yongsan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yongsan
“Yongsan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yongsan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yongsan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yongsan.
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