Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
pisan .
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- proper noun Alternative name of
Busan .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city in southeastern South Korea on the Korean Strait; the chief port and second largest city
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Examples
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The German Red Cross has a large hospital, the Swedish Red Cross has a hospital, the Italian Red Cross is there, and up to a short time ago in Pusan alone there were seven modern hospitals, built since the war and there were none before.
KoreaToday 1957
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In four days he had captured Seoul, and soon he pushed the South Korean and American armies into a small perimeter around the southern city of Pusan -- in other words, almost into the sea.
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In four days he had captured Seoul, and soon he pushed the South Korean and American armies into a small perimeter around the southern city of Pusan -- in other words, almost into the sea.
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It was my misfortune to attend a ceremony in Pusan.
KoreaToday 1957
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American armies into a small perimeter around the southern city of Pusan -- in other words, almost into the sea.
Forbes.com: News 2010
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But the most poignant perspective missing for Americans watching this spectacular televised concert, scenic description and didactic lecture on North Korea, is that during what was a Korea civil war that began in 1950, the United States leveled from the air, if not already torn up by ground artillery from both sides, every town in Korea, both North and South with the exception of Pusan, which is located at the extreme southern end of the peninsula - the only area that the North Koreans had not taken in the first weeks of its invasion of the south.
NY Phil Plays in a Korea Once Destroyed by U.S. Invasion, Flattened by U.S. Bombers 2008
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Hopefully international film festivals such as Pusan will change that in the future, Kim told a news conference on Friday, appearing with her fellow jurors.
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Hopefully international film festivals such as Pusan will change that in the future, Kim told a news conference on Friday, appearing with her fellow jurors.
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Hopefully international film festivals such as Pusan will change that in the future, Kim told a news conference on Friday, appearing with her fellow jurors.
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Hopefully international film festivals such as Pusan will change that in the future, Kim told a news conference on Friday, appearing with her fellow jurors.
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