# Riwon

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A town in South Hamgyong, North Korea.
2. The surrounding county in South Hamgyong, North Korea.
3. The adjacent bay, an inlet of the East Korea Bay in the Sea of Japan.

## Etymology
From Korean 리원(利原) (riwon), from either McCune-Reischauer Riwŏn or Revised Romanization Riwon.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/riwon