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Busan

⛰️🍲 釜山 = cauldron (bu) + mountain (san): Cauldron Mountain

The hanja 釜 (bu) means cauldron or kettle and 山 (san) means mountain. The city is named after a nearby mountain said to be shaped like an iron cauldron. San is the same mountain word found in many Korean place names, like Ulsan and Namsan.

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