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Pyongyang

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Pyong·yang  (pyngyäng, -yng, pyông-)
The capital and largest city of North Korea, in the southwest-central part of the country. It was an important cultural center and Chinese colony after 108 b.c., later fell to the Japanese, and became capital of North Korea in 1948. Population: 2,780,000.
Pyongyang, P'yǒng-yang [ˈpjɒŋˈjæŋ]
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(Placename) the capital of North Korea, in the southwest on the Taedong River: industrial centre; university (1946). Pop.: 2 355 000 (latest est.)
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Noun1.Pyongyang - capital of North Korea and an industrial center; "Pyongyang is Korea's oldest city but little of its history has been preserved"
capital of North Korea
D.P.R.K., Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK, North Korea - a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948
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