Seoul

See also: Séoul

English

Etymology

From Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”), originally from Claude-Charles Dallet's French-based romanization of Korean, reinforced by the 1959 South Korean Ministry of Education romanization of Korean, which transcribed the Korean vowel ㅓ (/ʌ/) with the digraph "eo" and which was official until 1984.

Note that English Seoul predates the Revised Romanization romanization of Seoul. The two romanization systems simply produce identical forms.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Seoul

  1. The capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was forcibly divided in 1945.
  2. (metonymically) the South Korean government

Derived terms

Translations
the name of Seoul during the Joseon dynasty — see Hanseong
the name of Seoul during the Japanese occupation period in the early 20th century — see Keijō
Hanyang — see Hanyang

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”).

Proper noun

Seoul

  1. Seoul (the capital of South Korea)

Dutch

Etymology

From Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”).

Proper noun

Seoul n

  1. Alternative spelling of Seoel

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /seˈuːl/, /sɔʊ̯l/, /soːl/, /zeˈuːl/, /zɔʊ̯l/, /zoːl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːl, -ɔʊ̯l, -oːl
  • Hyphenation: Se‧oul

Proper noun

Seoul n (proper noun, genitive Seouls or (optionally with an article) Seoul)

  1. Seoul (the capital city of South Korea)

Italian

Proper noun

Seoul f

  1. Alternative spelling of Seul

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål
Panoramic skyline photo of Seoul, South-Korea.

Etymology

From Korean 서울 (seoul, “Seoul”), from Middle Korean 셔ᄫᅳᆯ (syeWul, “capital city”), possibly from Old Korean 徐羅伐 (서라벌 (Seorabeol)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɔʊl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔʊl
  • Hyphenation: Seoul

Proper noun

Seoul

  1. Seoul (the capital city of Seoul Capital Area, South Korea), also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was forcibly divided in 1945.
    Under Koreakrigen i 1950–1953 ble Seoul sterkt ødelagt.
    During the Korean War in 1950–1953, Seoul was severely destroyed.

References
  • “Seoul” in Store norske leksikon

Swedish

Proper noun

Seoul n (genitive Seouls)

  1. Alternative spelling of Söul
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