Seoul.
The capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945.
Meaning & usage
The capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945.
the South Korean government
Where this word comes from
Borrowed 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.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.