Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heijō

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hei-jo
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Pyongyang: the Japanese-derived name (during the Japanese occupation period in the early 20th century, now capital of North Korea).

Example Sentences

"Korean tradition relates that Kitse of China came into the peninsula and established his capital in the valley of the River Ta-Ton (Daido), on the site now occupied by Heijo (Pyengyang), in 1122 B.C."
"Among investigations of ancient sites made by Japanese scholars in the Korean Peninsula during the past forty yeas, there are some which have attracted the attention of scholars of the world. One of these was the excavation of the Lo-lang sites of the Han dynasty centering about Heijōᵃ (P'ing-jang); the other was the discovery of the Kao-kou-li tombs with wall paintings in the neighborhood of Heijō and in the in the vicinity of T'ung-kou, Chi-an shêng,ᵇ Manchuria, in the north."

Etymology

From Japanese 平壤(へいじょう) (Heijō), the spelling 平壤 or its shinjitai form 平壌 are still used but now normally pronounced as ピョンヤン (Pyon'yan) in Japanese.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Synonyms

Pyongyang

Questions

What does heijō mean?: Synonym of Pyongyang: the Japanese-derived name (during the Japanese occupation period in the early 20th century, now capital of North Korea).
Where does heijō come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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