Claim: North Korea's capital city's name literally translates to "Flat Land" or "Peaceful Land".
Evidence: Pyongyang is the nation 's capital and largest city.
Pyongyang -LRB- -LSB- ˈpjɒŋˈjæŋ , _ ˈpjʌŋ - -RSB- , -LSB- pʰjʌŋ.jaŋ -RSB- , literally : `` Flat Land '' or `` Peaceful Land '' -RRB- is the capital and largest city of the Democratic People 's Republic of Korea -LRB- commonly known as North Korea -RRB-.