Pyongyang

American  

[pyuhng-yahng, -yang, pyong-] / ˈpyʌŋˈyɑŋ, -ˈyæŋ, ˈpyɒŋ- /

noun

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

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Pyongyang British  

/ 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)

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Pyongyang Cultural  

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

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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

In the fall of 1991, the American evangelist Billy Graham received an unexpected invitation from Pyongyang.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The preacher pleaded ignorance, but Pyongyang was a familiar place for the Graham family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The city of Pyongyang became so dominated by Christians that it acquired a nickname: the “Jerusalem of the East.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Prior to the pandemic, Chinese tourists made up the bulk of foreign visitors to North Korea, numbering roughly 350,000 in 2019 and providing a huge revenue stream for Pyongyang, according to specialist website NK News.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

They intended to return to Pyongyang, where they had left behind a teenage child who lived with Park’s parents.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden