Etymograph

English

Pyongyang

Pyongyang comes from Korean ^평양(平壤).

  1. Koreanmodern^평양(平壤)平壤literally ‘flat land’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1913Pyongyang

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Koreanmodern^평양(平壤)平壤literally ‘flat land’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1913Pyongyang

Earliest quotation: 1913, Transactions of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Societ: “Within less than twenty days after landing at Fusan,…”

The story

Borrowed from Korean 평양(平壤) (Pyeong'yang, literally “flat land”), from the McCune–Reischauer (MR) romanisation P'yŏngyang, a Sino-Korean word from 平壤.

Every English word from Korean ^평양(平壤)

Today it means

name The capital city of North Korea.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Korean ^평양(平壤) / Pyongyang

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