ほくせん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ほくせん – see the following entry.

【北鮮】 [proper noun] (historical, Japanese colonial era) Kankyōnan-dō and Kankyōhoku-dō [proper noun] (derogatory, post-WWII) Synonym of 北朝鮮 (Kita Chōsen, “North Korea”)

(This term, ほくせん (hokusen), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)