Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suwon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables: su-won
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The capital city of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

Example Sentences

"A group of anti-Park farmers who tried to drive into the capital on tractors and trucks had skirmishes with police overnight in Suwon, just south of the capital, Seoul."
"Park Jeong-jae, a district court judge in Suwon, south of Seoul, said on Thursday in his ruling on Mr. Yoon’s case, “It was a wrong verdict based on faulty investigations.”"

Etymology

From Korean 수원(水原) (Suwon).

Origin

Source language: Korean

Word Breakdown

Root: ^수원(水原)

Questions

What does suwon mean?: The capital city of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
Where does suwon come from?: It is traced to Korean.

How to pronounce suwon

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