Seisen

Proper noun

Seisen

1. (historical) Synonym of Chongchon: the Japanese-derived name
   • Chosen (Korea) is mountainous and has abundant rainfall and great power resources. An American gold-mining company has a plant of 800 horsepower on a branch of Seisen River and has recently installed a plant of 1,600 horsepower on Kuron River, in northern Chosen.1921, “Asia”, in World Atlas of Commercial Geology, volume II, Washington, D. C.: United States Geological Survey, →OCLC, page 30, column 3
   • Privateers of Fleet Air Wing One on 31 July blew up a span of a large railway bridge near the mouth of the Seisen River in Northwest Korea, damaged another railway bridge and two trains and strafed a cannery, grading machinery at an airfield, and small craft along the coast in this area.1945 August 11, “U. S. War Roundup”, in Army Navy Journal, volume LXXXII, number 51, Whole No. 3283, Washington, D. C., →OCLC, page 1505, column 4

   Synonyms:

   Chongchon