Submitted Name
Type Settlement
Usage Korean, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Kurdish, Malay, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Uyghur
Scripts 평양(Korean Hangul) 平壤(Korean Hanja) प्योंगयांग(Hindi) پیۆنگیانگ(Kurdish Sorani) پيوڭياڭ(Uyghur)
Pronounced Pron. PYUNG-YANG(Korean) pyahng-YANG(English) pyung-YAHNG(English) pyawng-YANG(English) PYAWNG-YAHNG(French) PYAWNG-YAN(French) pyong-GYAHNGG(Hindi) pyong-YANG(Turkish) [key·IPA]
Other Forms FormsPyeongyang (Korean), Pionguiangue (Portuguese)
[Meaning & History
From Sino-Korean 平 (pyeong) meaning "flat, level, plane" and 壤 (yang) meaning "soil, land". This is the name of the capital city of North Korea.