Busan
/ˌbuːˈsɑːn/ name
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Proper Noun
- 1 A metropolitan city of South Korea. It is the second largest city and the largest port city in Korea. It is also well known for its beaches and port.
""We are seeing cases where the newly built urban spaces are beginning to experience sudden flooding and storm surge," said Choi. She highlighted the case of Marine City in Busan, South Korea, a residential community dominated by upscale skyscrapers, where successive typhoons over the last decade have tossed waves over seawalls and submerged nearby streets."
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More examples"In March, Busan launched a mobility service called Dagachi Naranhi, or Side By Side, that uses GPS technology to provide localized directional information inside one of its metro stations via a smartphone app."
Etymology
Borrowed from Korean 부산(釜山) (Busan).