Pyongsongとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Korean 평성(平城) (Pyeongseong).

固有名詞

Pyongsong

1. A municipal city in South Pyongan Province, North Korea.
   • 2015 June 3, James Pearson, Ju-Min Park, “Pyongyang Bling: The rise of North Korea's consumer comrades”, in Tony Munroe, Raju Gopalakrishnan, editors, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 29 November 2024, Seoul (Reuters):

     Defectors said the consumer boom extends to cities beyond Pyongyang, where bustling markets or train stations are now home to small coffee stalls, and wearing jewelry is an outward and accepted sign of status.
     Ahn said the nearby city of Pyongsong is where many well-off North Koreans live, thanks to wholesale businesses importing products from China.

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Pyongsong”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2540, column 3