Pyongsong
Pyongsong proper noun: a municipal city in South Pyongan Province, North Korea.
Proper noun
Pyongsong
- A municipal city in South Pyongan Province, North Korea.
- 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...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 Nov...
- 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.
Origin of Pyongsong
Borrowed from Korean 평성(平城) (Pyeongseong).
Questions about Pyongsong
- What does Pyongsong mean?
- Pyongsong means a municipal city in South Pyongan Province, North Korea.
- What part of speech is Pyongsong?
- Pyongsong is a proper noun.
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