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Anping

Syllables: An·ping/ˌɑːnˈpɪŋ/

Anping proper noun: a district of Tainan, Taiwan.

Proper noun

Anping

  1. A district of Tainan, Taiwan.
    • The shipping port of Tainan-fu is Anping, situated on the coast about three miles to the eastward of the city and connected with the suburbs by a creek....Anping has of late risen greatly in importance, the foreign firms making it their headquarters instead of Takow, which port in former years was...1900, European Settlements in the Far East, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, →OCLC, page 39
    • The Dutch ship Witte Paert which sailed to Nagasaki, Japan from Anping, carried 54,700 pieces of ordinary deer skin and 2,000 pieces of large deer skin, with still 30,000 pieces more awaiting shipment at Anping. The Jacht de Sperwer sailing from Anping to Japan on July 29 of the same year sank near...1963 May, Cheng-siang Chen [陳正祥], “Foreign Trade”, in Taiwan: An Economic and Social Geography, volume I, number 96, Taipei: Weiwen Press Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 609
  2. A county of Hengshui, Hebei, China.
  3. A town in the county-level city of Cenxi, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
  4. A town in Anping County, Hebei, China.
    Synonyms:
    An-peng
  5. A town in Xianghe County, Hebei, China.
  6. A town in Zhecheng County, Henan, China.
  7. A town in Anren County, Hunan, China.
  8. An urban town in the county-level city of Lianyuan, Hunan, China.
  9. A town in Chenxi County, Hunan, China.

Anping meaning in Marathi

Anping in Marathi

district in southern Taiwan
आनपिंग ānpiṅga

Examples of Anping in a sentence

  • Tempered by sea breezes, Anping during the summer months can boast of a cool climate.1900, European Settlements in the Far East, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, →OCLC, page 39:
  • A US$9.4 million plan will get under way to establish a small but modern port of Anping, where the Dutch colonists built a fortress in the 17th century.1973 October 7, “Old Dutch port will be revived”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIV, number 39, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:
  • So popular that in Anping District it has its own museum selling products such as milkfish popsicles.2015 February 25, Clarissa Wei, “Tainin is Taiwan's food capital; these 19 dishes show why”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Dec...
  • The angular concrete facade of Mao House is an anomaly among the temple roofs and low-slung brick dwellings of Yuguang Island, a forested isle connected by bridge to Tainan’s western Anping district.2023 January 27, Chris Schalkx, “Chefs and Bartenders Are Injecting New Life Into Taiwan’s Oldest City”, in The New York Times, →ISSN...

Synonyms of Anping

Forms of Anping

alternative formAn-p'ing

Origin of Anping

From Mandarin 安平 (Ānpíng).

Questions about Anping

What does Anping mean?
Anping means a district of Tainan, Taiwan.
What is Anping in Marathi?
Anping in Marathi is आनपिंग (ānpiṅga). See Anping meaning in Marathi.
How do you use Anping in a sentence?
Tempered by sea breezes, Anping during the summer months can boast of a cool climate.
What part of speech is Anping?
Anping is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Anping?
Anping is pronounced /ˌɑːnˈpɪŋ/.

Words near Anping in the dictionary

  1. anoxæmia
  2. anoying
  3. ANP
  4. anpan
  5. anpans
  6. Anping
  7. anpirtoline
  8. ANPP
  9. ANPR
  10. anprim
  11. anprims

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