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anju

Syllables: An·ju

anju noun: korean food consumed with alcohol.

Noun

anju (uncountable)

  1. Korean food consumed with alcohol.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Anju

Anju

  1. A city in South Pyongan Province, North Korea.
    • The Japanese are now holding An-ju and the line of the Ching-chong River.[1904 March 18 [1904 March 16], “Russian Driven Back from An-ju”, in The New York Times, volume LIII, number 16,912, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 7
    • The Russian and Japanese scouts are separated only by the Ching-chong River, just north of An-ju.[1904 March 18 [1904 March 17], The New York Times, volume LIII, number 16,912, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 1

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Anju

Anju

  1. A district of Suining, Sichuan, China.
    • 'This is the worst drought I've ever experienced,' said Nie Zhongchang, a 61-year-old peasant in Anju district, Suining , one of the worst-hit cities in Sichuan. 'All the paddies have dried up.'2006 August 22, Bill Savadove, “Rainfall brings only brief respite to drought-hit regions”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2024
    • On June 3, 2011, in Buyun Town (Anju District, Suining, Sichuan), four candidates for secretary of the township Party committee were elected by more than 150 representatives of Party members, people and village officials graduated from universities and colleges through secret ballot.2012, chapter 10, in The Strength of Democracy: How will the CPC march ahead, China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 264

Origin of anju

From Korean 안주 (anju).

Borrowed from Korean 안주(安州) (Anju).

From Mandarin 安居 (Ānjū).

Questions about anju

What does anju mean?
Anju means korean food consumed with alcohol.
What part of speech is anju?
Anju can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near anju in the dictionary

  1. Anji
  2. Anjou
  3. Anjouan
  4. Anjouans
  5. Anjous
  6. anju
  7. Anjum
  8. anjumara
  9. Anjums
  10. ank. spond.
  11. Ankang

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