강남

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 강(江) (gang, river) + 남(南) (nam, south), from the Middle Korean reading 가ᇰ남 (Yale: Kàngnàm).

In Seoul, south of the Han River; in China, south of the Yangtze. The now archaic sense of "China" in general is very old, being attested since at least the fifteenth century, and may date from the Southern Song (1127−1279), when the capital of China was in Jiangnan.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gangnam
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gangnam
McCune–Reischauer?kangnam
Yale Romanization?kangnam

Noun

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강남 (gangnam) (hanja 江南)

  1. south of a river
    Antonym: 강북(江北) (gangbuk)

Proper noun

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강남 (Gangnam) (hanja 江南)

  1. (generally) the south area of the Han River, especially of Seoul, known for its affluent residents
    강남 좌파gangnam jwapachampagne socialist (literally, “Gangnam leftist”)
  2. Gangnam (a district of Seoul, South Korea)
  3. Alternative form of 순천 (suncheon) (a city of South Korea)
  4. Jiangnan (the region of China around the Yangtze Delta, the country's most productive area since the early second millennium)
  5. (archaic, by extension) China
    강남천자국gangnamcheonjagukChina (literally, “Son of Heaven's country in Jiangnan”)

Descendants

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  • English: Gangnam