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Kyongsong

Kyongsong proper noun: a county of North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. Also the obsolete form of Seoul.

Proper noun

Kyongsong

  1. A county of North Hamgyong Province, North Korea.

Also used as

Kyongsong is also the obsolete form of Seoul.

Origin of Kyongsong

From Korean 경성(鏡城) (Gyeongseong).

From Korean 경성(京城) (gyeongseong), from Japanese 京(けい)城(じょう) (keijō), used during the Japanese colonial period (1910–1945).

Questions about Kyongsong

What does Kyongsong mean?
Kyongsong means a county of North Hamgyong Province, North Korea.
What part of speech is Kyongsong?
Kyongsong is a proper noun.

Words near Kyongsong in the dictionary

  1. kyogens
  2. Kyogle
  3. kyohwaso
  4. Kyoko
  5. kyokushin
  6. Kyongsong
  7. Kyongwon
  8. kyoodle
  9. kyoodled
  10. kyoodles
  11. kyoodling

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