서울

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬, from Sillan.

Noun

 * 1) capital

Etymology
First attested in the generic "capital" sense in the Samguk yusa (三國遺事 / 삼국유사), 1281:



The modern sense of "Seoul" is simply because Seoul was the capital of Korea from 1394 onwards.

Noun

 * 1)  capital; large city

Usage notes

 * Unlike the majority of Korean place names, does not have a hanja form, so is only written in hangul.