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[Mashimaro]

I wonder how many we could cover. could be good for those wanting to improve their korean vocab and or knowledge of chinese characters.

Please include chinese characters where applicable (copy and paste from online dictionary)

I'll start with an obvious one.

Kangnam ���� ˰��

�� ( ˰ ) - river
�� ( �� ) - south eg. ���� South korea (��

the southern side of a river.


source: http://kr.engdic.yahoo.com/

[kangnamdragon]

�������� Kimpo Airport...the stop at Kimpo Airport

[mithridates]

����(����) - 9 + old. Named after 9 old men that used to gather there to decide things.
�꺻(ߣ��) - mountain + origin. Origin of the mountain. Japanese people would pronounce it Yamamoto.
��õ(����) - fruit + river.
���(������) - get used to + seagull + inn, I think...
�Ｚ(߲��) - 3 + stars. three stars.
���(������) - benevolence + virtue + institute.
�Ⱦ�(����) - peace + nurture
���(۰��) - direction + back. Back way?
�Ÿ�(����) - new + forest.
����(٥��) - bright + cave.
�湫��(������) - loyal warrior road.

Just wrote the hanja in now.

[Holyjoe]

The weekly Seoul Selection email gives an insight into the history of the area of a different subway station. The most recent was Omokgyo:

[Mashimaro]

Shinchon ���� ����

shin �� �� new; modern;
chon �� �� a village;

new village

[katydid]

What about ��Ƽ����??

[mithridates]

There's no hanja for that one but I assume it's from the words
��Ƽ�� - endure
���� - pass (mountain pass)
maybe...

Maybe there was a battle there and somebody kept a huge army away for a long time, letting everybody escape?

[travelinbri]

I believe there's actually been a book published about this by Jeremy, check seoul selector's website...

[mithridates]

Here's an explanation I found, all in Korean and very long:

http://www.seoul.go.kr/life/life/culture/history_book/seoul_ridge/junggu/1202882_2958.html

They give three possible theories for the name, none of which seem more plausible than the other. The place used to be called ����� or �ξ�ġ, the hanja can be seen in the article. Attack / strike, cut + mountain pass, or help...valley. The two hanja in the middle of each seem to be just grammatical suffixes, so it's not 'cut the kid pass' and 'help defend valley'!

[crazylemongirl]

������ duck station?

[mithridates]

��������, a kind of tree (I think it's an alder). The first hanja is tree + five over mouth, and the next means village. But put them together and you have the name of the tree, which coincidentally sounds the same as the word duck.
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[indytrucks]

What about ���¿�?

I like this game.

�ſ�� = New Yongsan, New yong mountain?

[Son Deureo!]

�ſ�� - ����ߣ = New Dragon Mountain actually, that's why the army calls it the Dragon Hill Lounge.

Here are a few more that I know

��ȭ - ��� - Pear Blossom
���� - ��� - Bell Road
��õ - ݣ�� - Prosperous Stream
���� - ݣ�� - Prosperous Plain
��õ - ���� - Benevolent Stream
���빮 - ����ڦ - The Great Eastern Gate
���빮 - ���ڦ - The Great Western Gate
��� - ��ߣ - Cinnamon Tree Mountain
��� - �� - Medicinal/Spring Water
���� - �� - Source of Water

A lot of them seem to be conjuring up an image of nature, which is kinda funny considering that most of these areas are places where most of the nature has been destroyed in the name of development.

[Chillin' Villain]

Don't have time to look it up or find any hanja or anything, but I remember reading the "Itae" part of Itaewon referred to some kind of pear tree or something (just like the previous post with Ewha).... I'd reckon (but I don't know- lacking time to check) that the hanja for the first syllable of Itaewon and Ewha Dae are the same?

I sorta remember reading that before it became a foreigner mecca, way back before Japanese occupation even, that it was famous (or something) for being a pear orchard ....

... Not anymore!

[JackSarang]

���� - Ejaculate

Most of the stops with �� mean water-something, although not all. Just look at the Hanja. Its the same Hanja for Wednesday.