へいじやう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of へいじやう – see the following entries.

【平城へいじょう】 [proper noun] (historical) Pingcheng County during the Han and Northern Wei dynasties of ancient China, now part of Datong, Shanxi Province [proper noun] Short for 平城京 (Heijō-kyō): the capital of ancient Japan during most of the Nara period [proper noun] Short for 平城宮 (Heijō-kyū): the imperial palace on the north end of Heijō-kyō [noun] (rare) a castle built on level ground or flatland

【平壌へいじょう】 [proper noun] (dated) Pyongyang (the capital city of North Korea)

【平常へいじょう】 [adjective] common, ordinary, usual [adjective] normal, not emergency [noun] commonness, ordinariness, usuality [noun] normality

(This term, へいじやう (feizyau), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)