Pyongyang
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Pyongyang
- /ˌpjɔŋˈjæŋ/ US
- /ˌpjɑŋˈjɛŋ/ US
- /ˌpjʌŋˈjɑŋ/ US
- /ˌpjɒŋˈjæŋ/ UK
- /ˌpjʌŋˈjɑːŋ/ UK
Rhymes with -æŋ, (UK) -ɑːŋ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Korean 평양(平壤) (Pyeong'yang, literally “flat land”), from the McCune–Reischauer (MR) romanisation P'yŏngyang, a Sino-Korean word from 平壤.
proper noun Pyeongyang · Pyengyang
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The capital city of North Korea.
Within less than twenty days after landing at Fusan, Konishi, and Kato, Commander of the Second Contingent of the Japanese Army, occupied Seoul, and the Korean King fled to Pyongyang. The Japanese generals did not stop long in Seoul. Kato marched into the province of North Hamkyong and went as far n
Similar: P'ing-jang, Pingjang, Pengyang
- The North Korean government. The US State Department said it welcomed talks between Pyongyang and Seoul on North Korea’s participation in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, despite a US lawmaker’s call for America to boycott the Games.
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Closest in meaning: wonsan, korea, moscow, moroni, korean, dprk, tarawa, northern, yang, stalinist, north, jung, pak, chosun, pyeongyang, south pyongan
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name capital of North Korea
| Español | Pionyang |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 평양 Pyeong'yang |
| 日本語 | 平壌, ピョンヤン Pyon'yan |
| 中文 | 平壤 Píngrǎng |
| हिन्दी | प्योंगयांग pyoṅgyāṅg |
| Português | Pyongyang, Pionguiangue |
| Français | Pyongyang |
| Deutsch | Pjöngjang |
| Italiano | Pyongyang |
| Ελληνικά | Πιονγιάνγκ Piongiángk |
| Română | Phenian |
| Русский | Пхенья́н Pxenʹján |
| Tiếng Việt | Bình Nhưỡng |
| العربية | بْيُونْيَانْغ byunyānḡ |
| עברית | פְּיוֹנְגְּיַאנְג pyongyang |
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title = {Pyongyang},
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