# Pyongyang

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌpjɔŋˈjæŋ/ · frequency rank #25,181

## Definitions
1. The capital city of North Korea.
2. The North Korean government.

## Etymology
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.

## Common misspellings (15)
`poyngyang`, `ppyongyang`, `pynogyang`, `pyognyang`, `pyongayng`, `pyonggyang`, `pyongyagn`, `pyongyangg`, `pyongyanng`, `pyongynag`, `pyongyyang`, `pyonngyang`, `pyonygang`, `pyyongyang`, `ypongyang`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pyongyang