This is the 2624th most frequent Korean word.
살던
"살던" means "used to live" or "lived" in English, referring to a past living situation.
The word '살던' is used as a modifier describing the house in relation to its being the place I lived in the past. It is providing context as an adjective in a past continuous sense.
어렸을 때 내가 살던 집은 작은 마을에 있었다.
The house where I used to live when I was young was in a small village.
Here, '살던' is modifying the noun '도시' (city), indicating the city he resided in previously.
그가 살던 도시를 방문하는 것이 내 꿈이었다.
It was my dream to visit the city where he used to live.
In this sentence, '살던' modifies the noun '동네' (neighborhood), specifying the neighborhood in which the grandmother lived in the past.