Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jinsen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jin-sen
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Incheon, a major city in South Korea: the Japanese-derived name.

Example Sentences

"Barbey and his staff arrived at Jinsen (now Incheon), Korea, on September 8. The next day, the Japanese emperor surrendered all his country’s ground and air forces in Korea south of the 38th parallel to Admiral Barbey’s group of officers, led by General Hodge and Admiral Kinkaid."
"Page 2869 (4 Nov. 1929). "We left Keijo at 7:30 a.m. and arrived in Suigen at 7:45. [We visited] a farmers street markert. We thought we would likely find a good collection of locally grown soybeans..." But they found nothing of interest. They then arrived at Jinsen [today's Incheon, west of Seoul] at 12:25. “Jinsen is a domestic and foreign shipping port for soybeans and other farm products as well as commercial products.”"

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 仁川(じんせん) (jinsen).

Synonyms

Incheon

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does jinsen mean?: Synonym of Incheon, a major city in South Korea: the Japanese-derived name.
Where does jinsen come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 仁川(じんせん) (jinsen).

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