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An-k'ang

An-k'ang is the alternative form of Ankang.

Meaning of Ankang

Proper noun

Ankang

  1. A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China.
    • The Shensi Provincial Government has approved the plan of its Provincial Department of Reconstruction for the building of a highway to connect Sian city with Tsoshui, Chen-an and Ankang, in southeastern Shensi and another road from Shang-hsien past Ankang to link up with the Sian-Chingtsukwan and...1934 August 11, The China Weekly Review, volume 69, number 11, →OCLC, page 432, column 2

Origin of An-k'ang

From Mandarin 安康 (Ānkāng), Wade–Giles romanization: An¹-kʻang¹.

Questions about An-k'ang

What is An-k'ang the alternative form of?
An-k'ang is the alternative form of Ankang.

Words near An-k'ang in the dictionary

  1. an-cap
  2. an-caps
  3. An-ch'ing
  4. An-chʻing
  5. An-hui
  6. An-k'ang
  7. An-lu
  8. An-peng
  9. An-shan
  10. An-t'u
  11. An-Yang

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Adapted from Wiktionary: An-k'ang (page history and authors); Ankang (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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