Pyongyang

[ pyuhng-yahng, -yang, pyong- ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of North Korea, in the SW part.

Pyongyang

/ ˈpjɒŋˈjæŋ /

noun

1. the capital of North Korea, in the southwest on the Taedong River: industrial centre; university (1946). Pop: 3 284 000 (2005 est)

Pyongyang

1. Capital of North Korea and largest city in the country, located in west-central North Korea.

Notes

Pyongyang is Korea's oldest city, but little remains from its three-thousand-year history, after successive devastations by Japan and in the Korean War .

Example Sentences

White House officials are emphasising to US media that Biden's change of heart is in response to Russia’s deployment of North Korean troops - a signal to Pyongyang not to send any more.

From BBC

In October, the North blew up sections of two roads that connected it to South Korea, days after accusing Seoul of flying drones into the North’s capital Pyongyang.

From BBC

In the run-up to the first summit, he announced that Pyongyang would be halting missile and nuclear tests.

From BBC

But Moscow and Pyongyang have so far not responded directly to any of the allegations.

From BBC

China has been supportive of Russia in the course of the Ukraine war — though stopping short of providing it with offensive weaponry — but has reason to be wary of a warming between Moscow and Pyongyang.

From Los Angeles Times