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Anshun

Syllables: An·shun

Anshun proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Guizhou, China.

Proper noun

Anshun

  1. A prefecture-level city of Guizhou, China.
    • In 1904, a group of Miao arrived in the city of Zhaotong seeking a Methodist missionary named Samuel Pollard, to whom they had been directed by a Mr Adam of the China Inland Mission at An-shun, who later translated the New Testament into a romanized version of Hmong.[1989, Nicholas Tapp, “The Religious Dilemma”, in Sovereignty and Rebellion: The White Hmong of Northern Thailand, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 91
    • The police in Anshun, a city in Guizhou Province, said in a statement on Sunday that the 52-year-old driver, identified only by his last name, Zhang, had been aggrieved over the demolition of his home that morning.2020 July 13, Tiffany May, “Driver Purposely Drove Bus Into China Reservoir, Killing 21, Police Say”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2020

Origin of Anshun

From Mandarin 安順 /安顺 (Ānshùn).

Questions about Anshun

What does Anshun mean?
Anshun means a prefecture-level city of Guizhou, China.
What part of speech is Anshun?
Anshun is a proper noun.

Words near Anshun in the dictionary

  1. Anshan
  2. Anshar
  3. Anshu
  4. Anshul
  5. Anshuman
  6. Anshun
  7. Anshur
  8. ANSI
  9. ANSI art
  10. ansible
  11. ansibles

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