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Where does “Goseong” come from?
Goseong (English) comes from Korean 고성, from Chinese 古, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-ga — old.
Ancestry of “Goseong”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Korean
고성
shouting, shout, yell
2
Chinese
古
—
3
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
r-ga
old
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