Pchjongjang

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 평양(平壤) (Pyeong'yang, literally “flat land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpxjoŋkjaŋk]
• Hyphenation: Pchjong‧jang

Proper noun

Pchjongjang m inan (relational adjective pchjongjangský)

1. Pyongyang (the capital city of North Korea)

Declension

Declension of Pchjongjang (sg-only velar masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Pchjongjang
genitive	Pchjongjangu
dative	Pchjongjangu
accusative	Pchjongjang
vocative	Pchjongjangu
locative	Pchjongjangu
instrumental	Pchjongjangem

Further reading

• “Pchjongjang”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Pchjongjang”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Pchjongjang”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 평양(平壤) (Pyeong'yang, literally “flat land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpxjɔnkjank]

Proper noun

Pchjongjang m inan (genitive singular Pchjongjangu)

1. Pyongyang (the capital city of North Korea)

References

• “Pchjongjang”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025