평안도

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 平安道, from 平 (“Pyeongyang”) + 安 (“Anju”) + 道 (“province”)

Pronunciation

(North Korea) IPA^(key): [pʰjɔŋa̠ndo̞]

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰjʌ̹ŋa̠ndo̞]
Phonetic hangul: [평안도]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	Pyeong'ando
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	Pyeong'ando
McCune–Reischauer^?	P'yŏngando
Yale Romanization^?	phyenganto

Proper noun

평안도 • (Pyeong'ando) (hanja 平安道)

(historical) Pyeongan, P'yŏngan (a province of Korea)
Holonym: 팔도(八道) (Paldo)

See also

평안북도(平安北道) (pyeong'anbukdo)
평안남도(平安南道) (pyeong'annamdo)

Provinces of the Korean Peninsula:

강원도 (gang'wondo)
경기도 (gyeonggido)
경상도 (gyeongsangdo)
전라도 (jeollado)
제주도 (jejudo)
충청도 (chungcheongdo)
함경도 (hamgyeongdo)
황해도 (hwanghaedo)

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