North Pingan

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Mandarin 平安北道 (Píng'ānběidào).

Proper noun

North Pingan

1. Synonym of North Pyongan: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • 1899 August 29, “Mr. Pak Chei-sun to Mr. Jordan.”, in Korea: 1898-1903‎^[1], Seoul, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 313‎^[2]:

     I HAVE the honour to inform you that I have received a report from the Governor of North Pingan Province stating that several hundred Chinese have made their way into the district of Yong-chun; […] and the Coreans have been unable to protect themselves.
     I have also received a report from the Governor of South Ham-kyeng Province, […]

   • 1907 November [1907 August 20], Jonathan Goforth, “Wonders in Korea.”, in The Presbyterian Record‎^[3], volume XXXII, number 11, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 498, column 2:

     Syen Chun the farthest north starts the report of the station thus: “‘The acts of God in North Ping An Province,’ might well be the title of the fifth annual report of Syen Chun station.”

   • 1970, Union Research Service Biographical Service‎^[4], numbers 1492-1517, Union Research Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     […] of North Pingan District People's Committee of North Korea, he led a people's friendship delegation of Liaoning Province to attend the 15th anniversary of the North Korean National Day celebrations in North Korea.

   • 2015, Ai Jing, “Time of Overall Transformation of the Great Wall — Qin and Han”, in Gangliu Wnag, Aimee Yiran Wang, transl., A History of the Great Wall of China‎^[5], SCPG Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53:

     Yan State North Great Wall […] then turns south and passes through Fushun City, Benxi City, Dandong City, crosses Yalu River into Korea's North Ping An (朝鲜平安北道), and ends at the mouth of Daning River along the Yellow Sea's coast.

   • 2020 December 28, “North Korea's solar power capacity increased by about 86% last year”, in Orchid Energy‎^[6], archived from the original on 18 October 2021‎^[7]:

     Since the beginning of this year, all parts of North Korea have fully tapped and utilized energy resources: the reconstruction of wind and solar power stations in North Ping An Province has injected impetus into the local economic development.