Pyeongchang

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology 1

Korean 평창(平昌) (Pyeongchang). Compare Pyongyang.

Proper noun

Pyeongchang

  1. A county of South Korea.
  2. A city, the county seat of Pyeongchang county, South Korea.
    • 2022 February 27, Kelly Kasulis Cho, “Pyeongchang Still Awaits Its Olympic Payoff”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 February 2022, Asia Pacific‎:
      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

Etymology 2

Korean 평창(平倉) (Pyeongchang).

Proper noun

Pyeongchang

  1. A neighbourhood of Seoul, South Korea.
Translations

French

Alternative forms

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)
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