Seoul

American  

[sohl, sool, sey-ool, syœ-ool] / soʊl, sul, ˈseɪ ʊl, ˈsyœ ʊl /

noun

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

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Seoul British  

/ 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)

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Seoul Cultural  

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.

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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

Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation shed 4.3% in Shanghai and Hanwha Ocean was down 2.2% in Seoul.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai and Taipei all rose at least one percent, while Singapore and Manila were also well up, though Sydney slipped.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

The incident has drawn comparisons with a 2023 escape of a zebra named Sero from a zoo in Seoul.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The Seoul government has introduced price caps on petroleum products and extended fuel-tax cuts while drafting a roughly $17 billion supplementary budget to help ease the effect of energy shocks and support growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

He heard the thrilling albeit year-old news that several hundred North Korean defectors had been flown from Vietnam to Seoul.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden