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PYONGYANG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capital of North Korea and an industrial center
Example:
Pyongyang is Korea's oldest city but little of its history has been preserved
Synonyms:
capital of North Korea; Pyongyang
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Pyongyang" is a part of...):
D.P.R.K.; Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK; North Korea (a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948)