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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun The name of a town in Korea and of a battle in the Korean War (1950), in which United Nations forces made an amphibious landing at Inchon, a harbor on the west coast of Korea.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon
  • noun a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea

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Examples

  • Behind those windows sat groups of Korean women in flimsy negligees, waiting for the foreign sailors who periodically invade this port known as Inchon on the western coast of Korea on the edge of the Yellow Sea.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

  • Behind those windows sat groups of Korean women in flimsy negligees, waiting for the foreign sailors who periodically invade this port known as Inchon on the western coast of Korea on the edge of the Yellow Sea.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

  • At one outpost called Inchon, a droning generator provides power for laptops loaded with movies and iPods, and just two lights - one for the Americans, the other for their Afghan counterparts.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • At one outpost called Inchon, a droning generator provides power for laptops loaded with movies and iPods, and just two lights - one for the Americans, the other for their Afghan counterparts.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • At one outpost called Inchon, a droning generator provides power for laptops loaded with movies and iPods, and just two lights - one for the Americans, the other for their Afghan counterparts.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • At one outpost called Inchon, a droning generator provides power for laptops loaded with movies and iPods, and just two lights - one for the Americans, the other for their Afghan counterparts.

    SFGate: Top News Stories By TODD PITMAN 2010

  • At one outpost called Inchon, a droning generator provides power for laptops loaded with movies and iPods, and just two lights - one for the Americans, the other for their Afghan counterparts.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • At one outpost called Inchon, a droning generator provides power for laptops loaded with movies and iPods, and just two lights - one for the Americans, the other for their Afghan counterparts.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • At one outpost called Inchon, a droning generator provides power for laptops loaded with movies and iPods, and just two lights - one for the Americans, the other for their Afghan counterparts.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2010

  • At one outpost called Inchon, a droning generator provides power for laptops loaded with movies and iPods, and just two lights - one for the Americans, the other for their Afghan counterparts.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

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