Korean Submitted Place Names

Korean names are used in South and North Korea. Note that depending on the Korean characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. See also about Korean names.

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Sebu 세부 (Political Subdivision, Settlement & Island) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Serbian, Russian, Thai, Ukrainian
Form of Cebu used in various languages.

Seisyel 세이셸 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Seychelles.

Sejong 세종, 世宗 (Settlement) Korean
In honor of King Sejong the Great (1397–1450), creator of the Hangul alphabet. Combination of 世 (세, se, "life, age, generation") and 宗 (종, jong, "school, sect, purpose"), thus "kind river"... [more]

Seongnam 성남, 城南 (Settlement) Korean
Combination of 城 (성, seong, "castle") and 南 (남, nam, "south"), thus "southern castle". This is the name of a city in South Korea.

Seonjeon 선전 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Shenzhen.

Seonyang 선양 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Shenyang.

Seoul 서울 (Settlement) Korean, English
Means "capital" in Korean, probably derived from Sillan 서라벌 (Seorabeol), the name of the capital of the ancient kingdom of Silla (which is now the present-day city of Gyeongju). This is the name of the capital city of South Korea.

Sereubia 세르비아 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Serbia.

Seukope 스코페 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Skopje.

Seukoteullaendeu 스코틀랜드 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Scotland.

Seullobakia 슬로바키아 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Slovakia.

Seullobenia 슬로베니아 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Slovenia.

Seupein 스페인 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Spain.

Seurirangka 스리랑카 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Sri Lanka.

Seuweden 스웨덴 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Sweden.

Seuwiseu 스위스 (Country) Korean
Derived from Japanese スイス (Suisu), itself from French Suisse. This is the Korean name for Switzerland.

Siaeteul 시애틀 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Seattle.

Sian 시안 (Settlement) Korean, Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek, English
Form of Xi'an used in multiple languages as well as an alternate English romanization.

Siberia 시베리아 (Region) English, Albanian, Italian, Korean, Romanian, Spanish
From Russian Сибирь (Sibir) of uncertain origin and meaning. This is the name of a region in North Asia.

Sierarion 시에라리온 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Sierra Leone.

Singgaporeu 싱가포르 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Singapore.

Sinjang 신장 (Political Subdivision & Region) Korean
Korean form of Xinjiang.

Somallia 소말리아 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Somalia.

Sopia 소피아 (Settlement) Georgian, Korean
Georgian and Korean form of Sofia.

Ssanya 싼야 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Sanya.

Sseuchwan 쓰촨 (Political Subdivision) Korean
Korean form of Sichuan.

Ssujeou 쑤저우 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Suzhou.

Suba 수바 (Settlement) Japanese, Korean
Japanese and Korean form of Suva.

Suhumi 수후미 (Settlement) Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Finnish, Korean, Latvian, Macedonian, Romanian, Serbian
Form of Sukhumi.

Sumateura 수마트라 (Political Subdivision & Island) Korean
Korean form of Sumatra.

Surinam 수리남 (Country) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, English, Hindi, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek
English variant of Suriname as well as the standard name for the country in several languages.

Suwon 수원, 水原 (Settlement) Korean
Combination of 水 (수, su, "water") and 原 (원, won, "meadow"). This is the name of a city in South Korea.

Syameon 샤먼 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Xiamen.

Taeguk 태국, 泰國 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Taiguo.

Taibei 타이베이 (Settlement) Chinese, Korean
Chinese and Korean form of Taipei.

Taijung 타이중 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Taichung.

Tajikiseutan 타지키스탄 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Tajikistan.

Tallin 탈린 (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Hindi, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Spanish, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek
Form of Tallinn used in multiple languages.

Tanjania 탄자니아 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Tanzania.

Tasyukenteu 타슈켄트 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Tashkent.

Terabibeu 텔아비브 (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Tel Aviv.

Tesalloniki 테살로니키 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Thessaloniki.

Teubillisi 트빌리시 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Tbilisi.

Teuripolli 트리폴리 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Tripoli.

Timbu 팀부 (Settlement) Korean, Macedonian, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog
Form of Thimphu used in various languages.

Tirana 티라나 (Settlement) Albanian, English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkmen, Uzbek
Perhaps derived from Doric Greek Τυρσανοί (Tursanoi) meaning "Tyrrhenians", which was an exonym for non-Greek inhabitants of the Tyrrhenian Sea. This is the name of the capital city of Albania.

Togo 토고 (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Means "land where lagoons lie" from Ewe to meaning "water" and go meaning "shore". Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north.

Tongga 통가 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Tonga.

Tullujeu 툴루즈 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Toulouse.

Tureukeumeniseutan 투르크메니스탄 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Turkmenistan.

Twiniji 튀니지 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Tunisia.

Twireukiye 튀르키예 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Turkey.

Tyenjin 톈진 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Tianjin.

Tyenjin 톈진 (Settlement) Korean, Uyghur
Korean and Uyghur form of Tianjin.

Uhan 우한 (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Korean, Thai
Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Korean and Thai form of Wuhan.

Ujeubekiseutan 우즈베키스탄 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Uzbekistan.

Ukeuraina 우크라이나 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Ukraine via Ukrainian Україна (Ukrayina) or Russian Украина (Ukraina).

Ullanbatoreu 울란바토르 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Ulaanbaatar.

Ulsan 울산, 蔚山 (Settlement) Korean
Combination of 蔚 (울, ul, of uncertain meaning) and 山 (산, san, "mountain"), thus "kind river". This is the name of a city in South Korea.

Waioming 와이오밍 (Political Subdivision) Korean, Thai
Korean and Thai form of Wyoming.

Yalta 얄타 (Settlement) English, Crimean Tatar, Irish, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Korean
A city in Crimea. From Byzantine Greek Γιαλίτα (Gialíta).

Yanggon 양곤 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Yangon.

Yeongguk 영국, 英國 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Yingguo, used as the Korean name for the United Kingdom.

Yereban 예레반 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Yerevan.

Yereban 예레반 (Settlement) Burmese, Korean
Burmese and Korean form of Yerevan.

Yerusallem 예루살렘 (Settlement) Korean
Korean form of Jerusalem.

Yongin 용인, 龍仁 (Settlement) Korean
Combination of 용 (yong, "dragon") and 인 (in, "benevolence"). This is the name of a city in South Korea.

Yoreudan 요르단 (Country) Korean
Korean form of Jordan.

Yurasia 유라시아 (Region) Korean
Korean form of Eurasia.

Yureop 유럽 (Region) Korean
Korean form of Europe.

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