Meanings
Pyeongchang1
alternative PyeongChang · alternative Pyeong Chang · alternative Pyeong-Chang · alternative Pyeong-chang
- A county of South Korea.
- A city, the county seat of Pyeongchang county, South Korea.
The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang in South Korea have come to an end with a closing ceremony that ran for about two hours.
2018 February 25, Chuck Penfold, “The 2018 Winter Olympic Games wrap up with colorful closing ceremony”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 25 Feb 20183 more examples
The town of Pyeongchang eventually won the rights to host the Games — a $20 billion boon for the economy, according to one research institute’s forecast.
2012 December 9, Chico Harlan, “In S. Korea, the Republic of Samsung”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2012, WorldPyeongchang sits nearly half a mile above sea level in the northeastern corner of South Korea, not too far from the border with the North. It is one of the coldest parts of the country — wind chill in February is often in single digits (Fahrenheit) — and notorious for a powerful, biting wind that gathers force as it barrels down out of Siberia and the Manchurian Plain and then across the jagged granite peaks of North Korea.
2017 December 21, Foster Klug, Kim Tong-hyung, Yong Jun Chang, “The cold returns for Winter Games in mountainous Pyeongchang”, in AP News, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2024In the year after the Olympics, Pyeongchang did experience a 22 percent spike in visitors, according to South Korean news organizations. But foreigners accounted for less than 0.1 percent of the 6.1 million people who visited paid tourist attractions in the region in 2019, a Pyeongchang county government report stated.
2022 February 27, Kelly Kasulis Cho, “Pyeongchang Still Awaits Its Olympic Payoff”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2022, Asia Pacific
Pyeongchang2
alternative PyeongChang · alternative Pyeong Chang · alternative Pyeong-Chang · alternative Pyeong-chang
- A neighbourhood of Seoul, South Korea.
PyeongChang3
- Alternative letter-case form of Pyeongchang.
Origin
Pyeongchang · proper noun
- Korean평창(平昌)
- EnglishPyeongchang
From Korean 평창(平昌) (Pyeongchang).
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Full word history & related roots →Pyeongchang · proper noun
- Korean평창(平倉)
- EnglishPyeongchang
From Korean 평창(平倉) (Pyeongchang).
More words from Korean
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan Pyeongchang
- Pyeongchangcounty of South Korea
Chinese Cantonese 平昌郡, 平昌
- 平昌郡 (ping⁴ coeng¹ gwan⁶)county of South Korea
- 平昌 (ping⁴ coeng¹)county of South Korea
- 平昌邑 (ping⁴ coeng¹ jap¹)county seat of Pyeongchang
- 平昌 (ping⁴ coeng¹)county seat of Pyeongchang
Chinese Mandarin 平昌郡, 平昌
- 平昌郡 (Píngchāngjùn)county of South Korea
- 平昌 (Píngchāng)county of South Korea
- 平昌邑 (Píngchāngyì)county seat of Pyeongchang
- 平昌 (Píngchāng)county seat of Pyeongchang
Czech Pchjongčchang
- Pchjongčchangcounty of South Korea
French Pyeongchang
- Pyeongchangcounty of South Korea
Hindi प्योंगचैंग, प्योंगचैंग
- प्योंगचैंग (pyoṅgcaiṅg)county of South Korea
- प्योंगचैंग (pyoṅgcaiṅg)county seat of Pyeongchang
Japanese 平昌郡, 平昌
- 平昌郡 (Pyonchan-gun)county of South Korea
- 平昌 (Pyonchan)county of South Korea
- 平昌邑 (Pyonchan-yū)county seat of Pyeongchang
- 平昌 (Pyonchan)county seat of Pyeongchang
- 平倉洞 (Pyonchandon)neighbourhood in Seoul
Korean 평창군, 평창
- 평창군 (Pyeongchanggun)county of South Korea
- 평창 (Pyeongchang)county of South Korea
- 평창읍 (Pyeongchang'eup)county seat of Pyeongchang
- 평창 (Pyeongchang)county seat of Pyeongchang
- 평창동 (Pyeongchangdong)neighbourhood in Seoul
- 평창 (Pyeongchang)neighbourhood in Seoul
Portuguese Pyeongchang
- Pyeongchangcounty of South Korea
Spanish Pieonchang
- Pieonchangcounty of South Korea
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Pyeongchang
Cite this entry
Pyeongchang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pyeongchang
“Pyeongchang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pyeongchang. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pyeongchang,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pyeongchang.
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