Etymology

Kyongsong

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Today it means: A county of North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. Full definition →

Korean 경성(鏡城)
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Kyongsong · proper noun1

  1. Korean · borrowed from경성(鏡城)
  2. English todayKyongsong

From Korean 경성(鏡城) (Gyeongseong).

Kyongsong · proper noun2

  1. Korean · borrowed from경성(京城)
  2. English todayKyongsong

From Korean 경성(京城) (gyeongseong), from Japanese 京(けい)城(じょう) (keijō), used during the Japanese colonial period (1910–1945).

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