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Mokpo

Mokpo proper noun: a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.

Proper noun

Mokpo

  1. A city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.
    • Disputes over illegal fishing are an irritant in relations between China and U.S. ally South Korea, even as their economic relations grow close. They also share concern about North Korea's nuclear weapon and missile programs.
      The three men were believed to have suffocated, a coastguard official in...2016 September 30, “Three Chinese fishermen killed in confrontation with South Korea coastguard”, in Reuters, sourced from SEOUL (Reuters), archived from the original on 16 Feb 2025
    • South Korean coast guard vessels and aircraft on Sunday were searching for nine fishermen who disappeared after their boat capsized off the country’s southwestern coast.
      The coast guard from the southwestern port city of Mokpo said that three crew members were rescued by a nearby commercial vessel...2023 February 5, “9 missing after fishing boat capsizes in South Korea”, in AP News, sourced from SEOUL, South Korea (AP), archived from the original on 05 Feb 2023

Origin of Mokpo

Borrowed from Korean 목포(木浦) (Mokpo).

Questions about Mokpo

What does Mokpo mean?
Mokpo means a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.
What part of speech is Mokpo?
Mokpo is a proper noun.

Words near Mokpo in the dictionary

  1. mokoros
  2. mokorotlo
  3. mokorotlos
  4. mokos
  5. Mokosh
  6. Mokpo
  7. Mokry
  8. Mokrys
  9. Moks
  10. Moksela
  11. moksha

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