Kyongsong

English

Etymology 1

From Korean 경성(鏡城) (Gyeongseong).

Proper noun

Kyongsong

  1. A county of North Hamgyong Province, North Korea.

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Kyongsong

  1. Obsolete form of Seoul: the capital of South Korea.
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