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regicide · Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Location: United States

Does anyone have an idea what this is supposed to mean? I have student who is using this and I cannot understand what she means.

Richard Krainium · Joined: 12 Jan 2006

I've heard "local side" used to descibe the "countryside". Maybe your student is trying to describe a small town in the countryside? My guess.

oneofthesarahs · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Location: Sacheon City

Maybe a city nearby? I'm amazed by some of the phrases students come up with. One of my kids likes to describe his day as "deluxe fine."

Alyallen · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject:

Jizzo T. Clown · Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Location: at my wit's end

From the subject I assumed it meant a city that only the locals know about, or one that most foreigners don't frequent. Confused

What's the context?

kat2 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Location: Busan, South Korea

Maybe they mean a -dong or -gu? You know not a real city, but a city within a city... a local city? It's a stretch, but i've seen korean-english dictionaries come up with much worse!

jvalmer · Joined: 06 Jun 2003

I think they mean the main urbanized part of a city or county. Most cities (outside of the major cities) in Korea are basically rural areas that are grouped together by population and historical reasons. Within that area is usually one large urbanized town area and the other areas being very, very small towns and villages. Some places might have their two largest towns being roughly similar sizes. But in most cases, when some says "local city", they probably mean the main town (ex. county seat) in that area.