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hagwons

hagwons is the plural of hagwon.

Meaning of hagwon

Noun

hagwon (plural hagwons)

  1. A profit-making private school, common in South Korea.
    • Geneho, whose bedroom faces the street, is attending a hagwon, a Korean tutoring program.2007 August 12, Fred A. Bernstein, “A House to Grow Into”, in New York Times

Questions about hagwons

What is hagwons the plural of?
Hagwons is the plural of hagwon.

Words near hagwons in the dictionary

  1. Hagueite
  2. Hagueites
  3. Haguimit
  4. hagweed
  5. hagwon
  6. hagwons
  7. Hagwood
  8. Hagwoods
  9. hagworm
  10. hagworms
  11. Hagy

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