South Pyongan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 평안남도(平安南道) (Pyeong'annamdo).

Proper noun

South Pyongan

1. A province of North Korea. Capital: Pyongsong.
   • 2006 July 24, “UN says North Korean crop loss heavy - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 January 2024, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     In its report, which was released on Friday, the UN agency also said floods had forced about 60,000 people from their homes, most of them in South Pyongan Province in central North Korea.

   • 2012 July 28, “Scores die, thousands homeless after North Korea floods”, in France 24‎^[3], archived from the original on 29 July 2012, Asia / Pacific‎^[4]:

     The biggest loss of human life was in two counties of South Pyongan province, which were hit by torrential rains on Monday and Tuesday, it said.

   • 2012 August 4, “More deaths in N. Korea floods”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[5], archived from the original on October 13, 2024:

     The UN mission said immediate food aid was needed in the worst affected counties: Anju and Songchon in South Pyongan province and Chonnae in Kangwon province.
     It also said that some 50,000 families lacked clean drinking water and stood in need of purification tablets or other help to prevent disease.

Holonyms

• Pyongan

Related terms

• North Pyongan

Translations

province of North Korea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 平安南道 (zh) (Píng'ānnándào)

• Korean: 평안남도 (ko) (pyeong'annamdo)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “South Pyongan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2988, column 1
• South Pyongan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.