Chongjin
noun
a seaport in W North Korea.
Chongjin
American
[chœng-jin]
/ ˈtʃœŋˈdʒɪn /
noun
Chŏngjin
British
/ ˈtʃʌŋˈdʒɪn /
noun
Example Sentences
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Over the weekend, Pyongyang also detained three officials at the northern Chongjin shipyard, where the destroyer was built and where its launch failed.
From BBC ● May 25, 2025
“My ancestral roots have dried up, and, quite honestly, I feel like North Korea is my home,” said Cho, whose grandfather moved to the northeastern North Korean city of Chongjin in the mid-1920s.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
Haishen is also expected to draw near North Korea’s port city of Chongjin late Monday.
From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2020
“Nothing to Envy” followed six refugees from the port city of Chongjin.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2020
Still following other men, Shin climbed into a boxcar bound for Chongjin, the largest city in the far north of the country and a gateway to rail lines leading to the Chinese border.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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