Korean Political Geography

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Taejŏn

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Taejŏn (Daejeon), South Korea A metropolitan city lying on the Taejŏn River with a name meaning ‘Big Field’ from tae ‘great’ or ‘big’ and chŏn ‘field’. It was a temporary capital of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) during the Korean War (1950–3).

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Taejon

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Taejon South Korea: see Daejeon .

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