Where does “Seoul” come from?

Seoul is the English name for Korea's capital, from Korean 서울, whose origin and original meaning are unknown.

Seoul (English): also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945

Definitions

  1. also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945

Ancestry of “Seoul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean서울capital; large city
2Old Korean徐羅伐—

Words derived from “Seoul”

Every word from Old Korean 徐羅伐 →Every word from Korean 서울 →