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Uijeongbu

Uijeongbu proper noun: a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

Proper noun

Uijeongbu

  1. A city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
    • Also this month, prosecutors in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul, arrested a motorboat racer. The 36-year-old racer was charged with taking cash from a gambling broker in exchange for sending him cellphone text messages predicting the results of a coming race.2012 February 21, Choe Sang-Hun, “South Korea Cracks Down on Match-Fixing Epidemic”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2012, Sports

Origin of Uijeongbu

Borrowed from Korean 의정부(議政府) (Uijeongbu). Named for the State Council of Joseon.

Questions about Uijeongbu

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

Words near Uijeongbu in the dictionary

  1. Uigur
  2. Uigurian
  3. Uiguric
  4. UIID
  5. UIIDs
  6. Uijeongbu
  7. Uiju
  8. Uiko
  9. Uileacu de Beiuș
  10. uilleann pipe
  11. uilleann piper

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