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Pyongyang.

The capital city of North Korea.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˌpjɔŋˈjæŋ/US/ˌpjɑŋˈjɛŋ/US/ˌpjʌŋˈjɑŋ/US/ˌpjɒŋˈjæŋ/UK
  1. The capital city of North Korea.

  2. The North Korean government.

    metonymically
Where this word 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.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.