Pyeongchang

See also: PyeongChang, Pyeong Chang, Pyeong-Chang, and Pyeong-chang

English

Alternative forms

• PyeongChang, Pyeong Chang, Pyeong-Chang, Pyeong-chang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjɒŋˈt͡ʃæŋ/, /pjʌŋˈt͡ʃæŋ/, /pjʌŋˈt͡ʃɑːŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ, -ɑːŋ

Etymology 1

From Korean 평창(平昌) (Pyeongchang).

Proper noun

Pyeongchang

1. A county of South Korea.
2. A city, the county seat of Pyeongchang county, South Korea.
   • 2012 December 9, Chico Harlan, “In S. Korea, the Republic of Samsung”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on December 12, 2012, World‎^[2]:

     The town of Pyeongchang eventually won the rights to host the Games — a $20 billion boon for the economy, according to one research institute’s forecast.

   • 2017 December 21, Foster Klug, Kim Tong-hyung, Yong Jun Chang, “The cold returns for Winter Games in mountainous Pyeongchang”, in AP News‎^[3], archived from the original on February 18, 2024‎^[4]:

     Pyeongchang sits nearly half a mile above sea level in the northeastern corner of South Korea, not too far from the border with the North. It is one of the coldest parts of the country — wind chill in February is often in single digits (Fahrenheit) — and notorious for a powerful, biting wind that gathers force as it barrels down out of Siberia and the Manchurian Plain and then across the jagged granite peaks of North Korea.

   • 2018 February 25, Chuck Penfold, “The 2018 Winter Olympic Games wrap up with colorful closing ceremony”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[5], archived from the original on February 25, 2018‎^[6]:

     The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang in South Korea have come to an end with a closing ceremony that ran for about two hours.

   • 2022 February 27, Kelly Kasulis Cho, “Pyeongchang Still Awaits Its Olympic Payoff”, in The New York Times‎^[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 February 2022, Asia Pacific‎^[8]:

     In the year after the Olympics, Pyeongchang did experience a 22 percent spike in visitors, according to South Korean news organizations. But foreigners accounted for less than 0.1 percent of the 6.1 million people who visited paid tourist attractions in the region in 2019, a Pyeongchang county government report stated.

Translations

county of South Korea

• Catalan: Pyeongchang
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 平昌郡 (ping⁴ coeng¹ gwan⁶), 平昌 (ping⁴ coeng¹)

  Mandarin: 平昌郡 (Píngchāngjùn), 平昌 (zh) (Píngchāng)

  Wu: 平昌郡 (⁶bin-tshaon ⁵ciun), 平昌 (⁶bin-tshaon)

• Czech: Pchjongčchang m
• French: Pyeongchang
• Hindi: प्योंगचैंग ? (pyoṅgcaiṅg)
• Japanese: 平昌郡 (ピョンチャンぐん, Pyonchan-gun), 平昌 (ピョンチャン, Pyonchan)
• Korean: 평창군(平昌郡) (Pyeongchanggun), 평창(平昌) (Pyeongchang)
• Portuguese: Pyeongchang
• Spanish: Pieonchang

county seat of Pyeongchang

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 平昌邑 (ping⁴ coeng¹ jap¹), 平昌 (ping⁴ coeng¹)

  Mandarin: 平昌邑 (Píngchāngyì), 平昌 (zh) (Píngchāng)

  Wu: please add this translation if you can

• Hindi: प्योंगचैंग ? (pyoṅgcaiṅg)
• Japanese: 平昌邑 (ピョンチャンゆう, Pyonchan-yū), 平昌 (ピョンチャン, Pyonchan)
• Korean: 평창읍(平昌邑) (Pyeongchang'eup), 평창(平昌) (Pyeongchang)

Etymology 2

From Korean 평창(平倉) (Pyeongchang).

Proper noun

Pyeongchang

1. A neighbourhood of Seoul, South Korea.

Translations

neighbourhood in Seoul

• Japanese: 平倉洞 (ピョンチャンドン, Pyonchandon)
• Korean: 평창동(平倉洞) (Pyeongchangdong), 평창(平倉) (Pyeongchang)

See also

• Not to be confused with Pyongyang.

French

Alternative forms

• PyeongChang, Pyeong Chang, Pyeong-Chang, Pyeong-chang

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 평창 (pyeongchang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjɔŋt.ʃɑ̃ŋ/, /pjɔŋt.ʃɑ̃ŋɡ/, /pjɔ̃ɡt.ʃɑ̃ɡ/

Proper noun

Pyeongchang m or f

1. Pyeongchang (a county of South Korea)
2. Pyeongchang (a city in the eponymous county of South Korea)