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Goseong

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Korean 고성(高城) (Goseong).

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Goseong

  1. A county of Gangwon Province, South Korea.
    • 2014 June 22, “S. Korean troops in gun battle”, in Deutsche Welle[1], sourced from rc/mkg (AP, AFP, dpa, Reuters), archived from the original on 03 June 2025[2]:
      The runaway soldier was reported to have opened fire on troops who had tracked him down near a school in the Goseong region, close to the North Korean border.

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References

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  1. ^ Seltzer, Leon E., editor (1952), “Kosong”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 975, column 1:Kosong (kôʹsǔngʹ), Jap. [Japanese] Kojo, []