hagwon

English

Alternative forms

• hakwon

Etymology

Korean 학원(學院) (hagwon)

Noun

hagwon (plural hagwons)

1. A profit-making private school, common in South Korea.
   • 2007 August 12, Fred A. Bernstein, “A House to Grow Into”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Geneho, whose bedroom faces the street, is attending a hagwon, a Korean tutoring program.