Seoul

1. The capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945.
2. (metonymically) the South Korean government

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səʊl/

Etymology

Cognate with English: Seoul

In summary

From Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”), originally from Claude-Charles Dallet's French-based romanization of Korean, reinforced by the 1959 South Korean Ministry of Education romanization of Korean, which transcribed the Korean vowel ㅓ (/⁠ʌ⁠/) with the digraph "eo" and which was official until 1984.
Note that English Seoul predates the Revised Romanization romanization of Seoul. The two romanization systems simply produce identical forms.

Synonyms

capital of South Korea

capital

capital city

metropolis

Translations

Séoul

Seúl

Seoul

Seul

Seul

Σεούλ

Seoel

Seul

سيول

Seoul

Seul

Seül

Seoul

سيئول

Sêûl