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Pyeonghae
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English
Alternative forms
en P'yŏnghae, en Pyonghae, en Pingai, en Ping-hai
Etymology
From the Revised Romanization of en ko ^평해(平海).
Proper noun
A town in North Gyeongsang, South Korea, formerly important as a harbor.
en 1977 Michael Keon w:Michael Keon The Climate of Confidence Korean Phoenix: A Nation from the Ashes https://archive.org/details/koreanphoenixnat00keon/ Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey w:Prentice Hall International 0-13-516823-6 77-4447 2874581 2584467W 98 https://archive.org/details/koreanphoenixnat00keon/page/98/ Over the mountains to the east of Samgun Village, in North Kyongsang Province, in the particularly ill-circumstanced village of Pyonghae, village leader Kim Ju Shik sought in vain to reforest surrounding hillsides through local investment and effort until a typhoon struck and left washed-away homes and rock-inundated fields behind it; in disaster's aftermath, the village rallied behind Kim and in two years 41 hectares of hillsides were covered with thriving big-cone pines that will soon bring a forest-products harvest of several hundred million won, as well as physical protection, to Samgun. on
en 1983 James Louttit East Coastal Area Fodor's Korea https://archive.org/details/fodorskorea0000unse_y3r2/ 1st New York w:Fodor's Travel Guides 0-679-00968-X 9778299 92 https://archive.org/details/fodorskorea0000unse_y3r2/page/92/ The area has two notable mountains—Mt. Paekamsan (3,020 feet), inland from the coastal town of Pyeonghae, where you can take in Paekam Hot Springs on the same trip; and, Mt. Taebaeksan (4,700 feet), inland from the coastal town of Chukbyon, with the option of visiting Tokgu Hot Springs on your return trip to the coastal road.
en 2016 Mark Dake 21 South Korea: The Enigmatic Peninsula https://archive.org/details/southkoreaenigma0000dake/ Toronto Dundrun Press 9781459731455 919596033 299 https://archive.org/details/southkoreaenigma0000dake/page/299/ When we reached the water, near Pyeonghae, we merged onto a road that ran along the coast and headed south. As we drove, we could hear the breakers crashing loudly onto sections of rugged windswept beach and rocky outcroppings.
Translations
town
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue
Mandarin: cmn 平海
Korean: ko 평해(平海)
en Places in South Korea