Seoul

[ sohl, sool, sey-ool; Korean syœ-ool ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.

Seoul

/ səʊl /

noun

1. the capital of South Korea, in the west on the Han River: capital of Korea from 1392 to 1910, then seat of the Japanese administration until 1945; became capital of South Korea in 1948; cultural and educational centre. Pop: 9 592 000 (2005 est)

Seoul

1. Capital of South Korea and the largest city in the country, located in northwestern South Korea; Political, commercial, industrial, transportation, and cultural center of South Korea.

Notes

The city was heavily damaged during the Korean War .

Seoul became the capital in 1948, with the establishment of North Korea and South Korea.

Home of the 1988 summer Olympic Games .

Example Sentences

In October, the North blew up sections of two roads that connected it to South Korea, days after accusing Seoul of flying drones into the North’s capital Pyongyang.

From BBC

One of these events was the murder of a young woman in a public toilet in Seoul’s wealthy Gangnam district in 2016.

From Los Angeles Times

At a time when an apartment in Seoul would sell for just a few thousand dollars, Im was making nearly $100,000 a month.

From Los Angeles Times

In a Seoul cafe with sweeping river views, South Korean media production company owner Jeon Ji, 35, said she had never seen such a polarized political climate.

From Los Angeles Times

Joshua didn’t expect an “L.A. accent” pop quiz when he signed on to Zoom for an interview from Seoul.

From Los Angeles Times