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)

1. (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)