평해

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 平海, from 平 (“peaceful”) + 海 (“sea”), in reference to the anchorage at the nearby mouth of the Namdae River.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰjʌ̹ŋɦɛ] ~ [pʰjʌ̹ŋɦe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [평해/평헤]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Pyeonghae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Pyeonghae
McCune–Reischauer?	P'yŏnghae
Yale Romanization?	phyenghay

Proper noun

평해 • (Pyeonghae) (hanja 平海)

1. Pyeonghae, a town in North Gyeongsang, South Korea, formerly important as a harbor