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Pyongsong
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en ko ^평성(平城).
Proper noun
en municipal city p/South Pyongan c/North Korea.
en June 3, 2015 James Pearson; Ju-Min Park Pyongyang Bling: The rise of North Korea's consumer comrades Tony Munroe; Raju Gopalakrishnan w:Reuters https://archive.ph/VP3o1 Seoul (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/article/business/pyongyang-bling-the-rise-of-north-koreas-consumer-comrades-idUSKBN0OJ2UG/ November 29, 2024 Defectors said the consumer boom extends to cities beyond Pyongyang, where bustling markets or train stations are now home to small coffee stalls, and wearing jewelry is an outward and accepted sign of status.Ahn said the nearby city of Pyongsong is where many well-off North Koreans live, thanks to wholesale businesses importing products from China.
Translations
municipal city
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 平城
Mandarin: cmn 平城
Korean: ko ^평성(平城)
Further reading
en 1998 Pyongsong Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/ 3 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2540 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/2540/ 3