Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seongnam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: seong-nam
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

Example Sentences

"Your new suit's a Mark VI, just came up from Seongnam this morning."
"An attack in the town of Seongnam near the South Korean capital of Seoul on Thursday left 13 people injured, local police said."
"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."
"Lee previously served as mayor of Seongnam, south of Seoul, for eight years."

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 성남(城南) (Seongnam).

Origin

Source language: Korean

Word Breakdown

Root: ^성남(城南)

Questions

What does seongnam mean?: A city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
Where does seongnam come from?: It is traced to Korean.

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