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Pages in category "Ancient Korean cities" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G. Gungnae; H.
Ancient Korea Korea in 108 BC Korean Bronze Age ... and took the present-day city of Seoul from ... is the source of the English name "Korea". During this period ...
The name Korea is an exonym, derived from Goryeo or Koryŏ. Both North Korea and South Korea use the name in English. However, in the Korean language, the two Koreas use different terms to refer to the nominally unified nation: Joseon or Chosŏn ( 조선, 朝鮮) in North Korea and Hanguk ( 한국, 韓國) in South Korea.
Etymology of "Seoul" Seoul is a rendering of the Korean word "seo'ul" (서울), pronounced [səˈul].An etymological hypothesis is that the origin of the native word "seo'ul" derives from the native name Seorabeol (서라벌; 徐羅伐), which originally referred to Gyeongju, the capital of Silla, which was then called Geumseong (금성; 金城).
Currently, South Korea has a total of 17 big cities. "Specific city" (특정시, 特定市) is an unofficial term for big city with municipal status.[citation needed] Due its legal status as an administrative city, Jeju City cannot be designated as a "big city" under the Local Autonomy Law, despite having an estimated population exceeding ...
Beginning in the 7th century, the name "Samhan" became synonymous with the Three Kingdoms of Korea.The "Han" in the names of the Korean Empire, Daehan Jeguk, and the Republic of Korea (South Korea), Daehan Minguk or Hanguk, are named in reference to the Three Kingdoms of Korea, not the ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula.
Goryeo documents say that his original name was Samga but, after he decided to make Korea his permanent home, the king bestowed on him the Korean name of Jang Sun-nyong. Jang married a Korean and became the founding ancestor of the Deoksu Jang clan. His clan produced many high officials and respected Confucian scholars over the centuries.
Ancient Gyeongju was also known in documents by the Sino-Korean name Geumseong (금성; 金城, literally 'gold city' or 'metal city'). Unlike most place names in Korea, as it is not a Sino-Korean word, 'Seoul' has no inherently corresponding Hanja (Chinese characters used in the Korean language).