Seongnam

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proper noun

A city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

OriginKorean 성남(城南) →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

    Your new suit's a Mark VI, just came up from Seongnam this morning.

    2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: The Armory
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    An attack in the town of Seongnam near the South Korean capital of Seoul on Thursday left 13 people injured, local police said.

    2023 August 3, “South Korea: Man goes on stabbing rampage near Seoul”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2024, South Korea

    Despite criticism, thousands of people have signed up for this year's blind-dating events arranged by the Seongnam city. Seongnam Mayor Shin Sang-jin said spreading positive views on marriage would eventually help raise the birth rates, stressing that the blind-dating events are just one of many policies his city has rolled out to reverse the plunging rates.

    2023 November 27, Soo-Hyang Choi, Minwoo Park, Daewoung Kim, “South Korean city turns to matchmaking to boost low birth rates”, in Josh Smith, Stephen Coates, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2023, Asia Pacific

    Lee previously served as mayor of Seongnam, south of Seoul, for eight years.

    2025 June 3, “Lee Jae-myung's rise from poverty to the South Korean presidency”, in France 24, sourced from Seoul (AFP), archived from the original on 10 Jun 2025

Origin

  1. Korean성남(城南)
  2. EnglishSeongnam

Borrowed from Korean 성남(城南) (Seongnam).

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Translations

Arabic سْيُونْغْنَام
  • سْيُونْغْنَام (syunḡnām)a city in South Korea
Chinese Mandarin 城南
  • 城南 (Chéngnán)a city in South Korea
Japanese 城南
  • 城南 (Sonnamu)a city in South Korea
Korean 성남
  • 성남 (Seongnam)a city in South Korea
Polish Seongnam
  • Seongnama city in South Korea
Russian Сонна́м
  • Сонна́м (Sonnám)a city in South Korea

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Seongnam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Seongnam

MLA

“Seongnam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Seongnam. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Seongnam,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Seongnam.

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