Crossword clues for pyongyang
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
North Korean capital, from Korean p'yong "flat" + yang "land."
Wikipedia
Pyongyang (; , , literally: "Flat Land" or "Peaceful Land", approved: P’yŏngyang; several variants) is the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea, of which it is the largest city. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the West Korea Sea and, according to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, has a population of 3,255,388. The city was split from the South Pyongan province in 1946. It is administered as a directly governed city (chikhalsi, 직할시) on the same level as provincial governments, as opposed to a special city (teukbyeolsi, 특별시) as Seoul is in South Korea.
Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea.
Pyongyang may also refer to:
- Pyongyang (comic), a graphic novel by Guy Delisle
- Pyongyang (restaurant chain)
- "Pyongyang", a song on the Blur album The Magic Whip
Pyongyang should not be confused with:
- Pyeongchang County, a county in Gangwon province, South Korea
- Pyonggang, a county in Kangwon province, North Korea
Pyongyang is a chain of 130 restaurants named after the capital of North Korea in a dozen countries around the world. The restaurants are owned and operated by the Haedanghwa Group, an organisation of the government of North Korea.
Usage examples of "pyongyang".
Pak knew from intelligence sources in Pyongyang that Adler had never actually been more than an unterfeldwebel, a sergeant.
Then Taegu, Seoul, west to Inchon, then Kaesong and a hard flight northwest to Pyongyang, where the heavy antiaircraft waits.
Pyongyang KCNA International had been broadcasting frequent warnings in English about U.
THE ORIGINAL IDEA WAS THEY WOULD MAKE AN AMPHIBIOUS LANDING AT WONSAN, AND THEN STRIKE BACK ACROSS THE PENINSULA, TOWARD PYONGYANG, CUTTING OFF THE RETREATING NORTH KOREANS.