Pyeongyangとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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Pyeongyang

1. Alternative spelling of Pyongyang (capital of North Korea).
   • 2006, David Hyungbok Kim, “Through Devestation”, in Who Will Answer...‎, Holt International, →OCLC, page 79:

     Our unit advanced all the way to Pyeongyang, the capital of North Korea.

   • 2006, Richard Saccone, “Becoming Familiar with My New Home”, in Living with the Enemy: Inside North Korea‎, Hollym, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42:

     Average North Koreans had little time for the news except maybe those enjoying cushy jobs in Pyeongyang.

   • 2010 May, “Introduction”, in The Geography of Korea‎, National Geographic Information Institute, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 28:

     Pyeongyang, the leading urban center in the Pyeongan Province, is the capital of North Korea and Nampo serves as the gateway port to Pyeongyang.

   • 2015, Andrew Gillmore, “Kim Jong-Un and the Merry Band of Boneheads”, in The Red Fish Project: A uniquely honest account of living abroad‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 148:

     Of course, it’s fun to laugh and poke fun at people like Kim Jong-Un and his merry band of boneheads. But at the end of the day, he is a real dictator doing some shady things we often turn a blind eye to, probably because no one has yet discovered massive oil deposits outside the capital of Pyeongyang.

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2. (metonymic) Alternative spelling of Pyongyang (the government of North Korea).
   • 2003, Richard Saccone, quoting Donald P. Gregg, “North Korean / U.S. Cultural Concepts”, in Negotiating with North Korea‎, Hollym, sourced from Brent (Won-Ki) Choi. "Gregg: Washington and Pyeongyang Saving Face." English Joongang Ilbo. January 21, 2002., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 49:

     The two sides are in a face-saving battle. Pyeongyang is insisting the U.S. recognize the joint communique issued in October 2000 and Washington continues to ignore it.

   • 2006, Koh Yu-hwan, “Assessment of the Joint Statement of the Six-Party Talks”, in Alfonso Ojeda, Alvaro Hidalgo, editors, North Korea and Regional Security‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 45:

     Although relations between the two adversaries were frayed on occasion, Pyeongyang and Washington were able to negotiate and reach a compromise on the key issues that divided them.

   • 2013 June, Park Jung-hwan, quoting Choi Ryong-hae, “Expectations for President Park Geun-hye's State Visit to China”, in Business Korea, volume 31, number 341, →OCLC, page 6:

     With regards to North Korean special envoy Choi Ryong-hae’s visit to China last month, the Global Times, one of China’s official news media said, “No matter what the purpose of the trip is, Beijing has to put pressure on Pyeongyang so that it can control its own actions.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Pyeongyang.