What was “Seoul” 114 years ago?

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The name Korea derives from the name Goryeo. The name Goryeo itself was first used by the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo in the 5th century as a shortened form of its name. The 10th-century kingdom of Goryeo succeeded Goguryeo and thus inherited its name, which was pronounced by the visiting Persian merchants as “Korea”.

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