▁dialect s , ▁such ▁as ▁in ▁C anton ese , ▁where ▁the ▁name ▁is ▁pron ounced ▁" s au 2 ▁y i 5 ", ▁or ▁in ▁Shang h ain ese , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁new ▁name ▁() ▁is ▁pron ounced ▁" se w 2 ▁el 3 ". ▁These ▁critics ▁have ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁names ▁"" ▁or ▁"" ▁( the ▁latter ▁being ▁the ▁ancient ▁name ▁of ▁Se oul ) ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁much ▁more ▁effective ▁in ▁representing ▁the ▁city ' s ▁Korean ▁name . ▁ ▁G ye ong se ong ▁ ▁" G ye ong se ong " ▁is ▁a ▁S ino - K ore an ▁word ▁for ▁" cap ital ▁city " ▁( G ye ong ▁() ▁means ▁" cap ital " ▁and ▁se ong ▁() ▁means ▁" w alled ▁city "). ▁It ▁was ▁in ▁occas ional ▁use ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁Se oul ▁throughout ▁the ▁Jose on ▁dynast y , ▁having ▁earlier ▁referred ▁to ▁the ▁capit als ▁of ▁G ory e o ▁and ▁S illa . ▁The ▁term ▁came ▁into ▁much ▁wider ▁use ▁during ▁the ▁period ▁of ▁Japanese ▁rule , ▁because ▁it ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁Korean ▁form ▁of ▁, ▁the ▁former ▁Japanese ▁name ▁used ▁for ▁Se oul ▁during ▁the ▁colonial ▁rule . ▁ ▁Se oul ▁was ▁called ▁Han se ong ▁() ▁or ▁H any ang ▁() ▁during ▁the ▁Jose on ▁dynast y , ▁but ▁the ▁city ' s ▁main ▁railway ▁station , ▁Se oul ▁Station , ▁opened ▁with ▁the ▁name ▁" G ye ong se ong ▁Station " ▁() ▁in ▁ 1 9