Pyongan

Pyongan proper noun: one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty.

Proper noun

Pyongan

(historical) One of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty.
- The West Coast line is exceedingly irregular. The Province of P’ing An, starting from the mouth of the Ya-lu River, on which stands the emporium of I-chou, extends for the larger half southward, then trending eastward, forms a large estuary, the southern side of which again pushes out some distance...[1866 May 28, correspondent at Peking, “THE WEST COAST OF COREA.”, in The London and China Telegraph, volume VIII, number 210, →OCLC, page 284, column 1
- Next, the Chinese text says that they set forth from the district of Lo-lang, which is situated not in Leao-tung, but in Corea, and of which the capital is the present city of Pʽing-jang (in d’Auville’s map, Ping-yang), situated upon the northern bank of the Ta-tʽung-kiang, or Pʽai-shue, a river of...[1885, Edward P. Vining, quoting J. Klaproth, “Researches regarding the Country of Fu-sang, mentioned in Chinese Books, and erroneously supposed to be a Part of America”, in An Inglorious Columbus...

The insurrection erupted when Hong capitalized on the Government’s discriminatory treatment of the people of Pyongan Province and on the misery of farmers.1964, Park Chung Hee, “Reflection on the Decline of the Yi Dynasty”, in Our Nation's Path: Ideology of Social Reconstruction, 2nd edition...
Since 1887, the northern part of Pyongan Province had been repeatedly visited by missionaries.1966, Roy E. Shearer, “Comparison of Geographical Sections of Korean Presbyterian Church Growth”, in Wildfire: Church Growth in Korea...
A people movement of great proportions started in the Presbyterian Church in Pyongan Province, Korea, in 1897.1968, Joseph Conrad Wold, “Anthropology, A Tool for Church Growth”, in God's Impatience in Liberia (Church Growth Series), Grand Rapids...

Borrowed from Korean 평안(平安) (Pyeong'an).

What does Pyongan mean?: Pyongan means one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty.
How do you use Pyongan in a sentence?: The insurrection erupted when Hong capitalized on the Government’s discriminatory treatment of the people of Pyongan Province and on the misery of farmers.
What part of speech is Pyongan?: Pyongan is a proper noun.

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