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The earliest record of the modern name 'Daejeon' is in the 1481 geography book, Tongguk yoji sungnam. 'Daejeon' (?? ??) is a Hanja translation of the native placeword for the area, 'Hanbat' , meaning Great fields. Hanbat, is a compound word that adds 'Han' (?/often transcribed in Hanja as ?, as in Korea), that means Great or big, and the word 'Bat' , meaning field, leading to Big/Great Field(s).The 'Han' translated into 'Dae' (?) - both meaning big, and 'Bat' translated to 'Jeon' (?), both meaning

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