Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yongin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: yon-gin
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

Example Sentences

"Yongin, a city of about a million people south of Seoul, the capital, has been in talks with the central government about financial support for businesses near the Ramada, Mayor Baek Gun-gi said at a news conference on Tuesday."
"Samsung Electronics is set to invest 500 trillion won ($375 billion) in the project, allocating 360 trillion won for six new production facilities in Yongin, located 33 kilometers (20 miles) south of Seoul."

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 용인(龍仁) (Yong'in).

Questions

What does yongin mean?: A city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
Where does yongin come from?: Borrowed from Korean 용인(龍仁) (Yong'in).

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