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Pyongyang

pyon·gyang

UK/ˌpjɒŋˈjæŋ/ US/ˌpjɔŋˈjæŋ/ uncommon

noun

1.

capital of North Korea and an industrial center

  • “Pyongyang is Korea”
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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.

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