Busan
/ˌbuːˈsɑːn/
Busan proper noun: a metropolitan city of South Korea. It is the second largest city and the largest port city in Korea. It is also well known for its beaches and port.
Proper noun
Busan
- A metropolitan city of South Korea. It is the second largest city and the largest port city in Korea. It is also well known for its beaches and port.
- "We are seeing cases where the newly built urban spaces are beginning to experience sudden flooding and storm surge," said Choi. She highlighted the case of Marine City in Busan, South Korea, a residential community dominated by upscale skyscrapers, where successive typhoons over the last decade...2023 May 15, Martin Kuebler, “Rising sea levels: Is land reclamation still viable?”, in DW News, archived from the original on 19 May 2023
- The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson arrived Tuesday in the South Korean port city of Busan in a new exhibition of the deterrence mechanism established by Washington and Seoul against Pyongyang.2023 November 21, “US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea in allied show of strength”, in EFE, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2023
- Synonyms:
- Fusan
Busan meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Tagalog and Arabic
Busan in Hindi
- Busan, South Korea
- बुसान busān
Busan in Urdu
- Busan, South Korea
- بوسان būsān
Busan in Tagalog
- Busan, South Korea
- Busan
Busan in Arabic
- Busan, South Korea
- بُوسَان busān
More languagesFewer languages
- Busan in Persian
- بوسان busân
- Busan in Thai
- ปูซาน bpoosaan
- Busan in Vietnamese
- Busan, Phủ Sơn
Synonyms of Busan
Forms of Busan
| alternative form | Pusan |
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Origin of Busan
Borrowed from Korean 부산(釜山) (Busan).
Words formed from Busan
Questions about Busan
- What does Busan mean?
- Busan means a metropolitan city of South Korea. It is the second largest city and the largest port city in Korea. It is also well known for its beaches and port.
- What is Busan in Hindi?
- Busan in Hindi is बुसान (busān). See Busan meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Busan?
- Busan is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Busan?
- Busan is pronounced /ˌbuːˈsɑːn/.
Words near Busan in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Busan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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