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Definition of Inchon
1. Noun. A port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Republic Of Korea, South Korea
2. Noun. A battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon.
Group relationships: Korean War
Geographical relationships: Republic Of Korea, South Korea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inchon
Literary usage of Inchon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs on remains of ancient dwellings in Holyhead island, mostly of by William Owen Stanley (1871)
"Breadth, II in.; thickness, 9 Inchon. Fiff. 2. Moiety of a hammer-head of stone,
found in H*.lylie:ul Island. Plate XII. ..."
2. Across the Reef: The Amphibious Tracked Vehicle at War by Victor J. Croizat (2001)
"The first step in this bold plan, the seizure of Inchon, would involve three
separate assaults. The first, to seize the island of ..."
3. Within Limits: The U.S. Air Force and the Korean War by Wayne Thompson, Bernard C. Nalty (1997)
"Aerial reconnaissance, so helpful in charting the defenses of Inchon, now faced
the infinitely more difficult task of locating the enemy among the mountains ..."