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

Lukashenko, in a recent visit to Pyongyang, agreed with Kim to sign a “friendship treaty” between Belarus and North Korea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

In Beijing, just two days before boarding his flight to Pyongyang, Graham told reporters that he still didn’t understand the North Korean overture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Kim, absorbing North Korea’s first major combat losses in many decades, has lavished surviving families with banquets, gold medals and new Pyongyang apartments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Last month, daily passenger rail services between Beijing and Pyongyang resumed.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

One night, when the rest of the prisoners were sleeping, Blake approached the North Korean guardhouse, carrying a note written in Russian, asking for a meeting at the Russian embassy in Pyongyang.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau