고성

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1) shouting, shout, yell

Usage notes

 * Do not confuse with.

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1) ancient or historical fortress

Etymology 3
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Noun

 * 1) unrelieved fortress; besieged fortress without hope of a relief force

Etymology 4
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For the place name, as part of the  of 757. This was an adaptation of the original place name, which presumably meant "high castle". Note 🇨🇬. The county is currently split along the DMZ.

Noun

 * 1)  towering fortress

Etymology 5
to replace the earlier place name, modern Korean reading , with a more Sinitic form while keeping *ko for the first syllable.

Further etymology unclear. The place name *Kotsʌ is first given in the third-century Chinese source  as 🇨🇬 where *mietoŋ appears to be a suffix. See for more.