Seoul's new Chinese-style name that was narrowly scrapped.jpg

Junggyeong (中京)
It has an awesome meaning: the center of East Asia, located on the line connecting Tokyo, Japan, and Beijing, China.
However, because the pronunciation did not evoke the word "Seoul,"
it was ultimately decided as Seou-eol (首爾, Shǒu'ěr) in 2005.