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Changde

Syllables: Chang·de/t͡ʃæŋ.di/

Changde proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.

Proper noun

Changde

  1. A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.
    • Changte commands over four Cities, as Changte, Taoyuen, Lungyang, Juenkiang.[1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of...
    • Three other tourists from Zhangjiajie later traveled to the central city of Changde, taking a river cruise with dozens of other people. About 27 infections in at least six places have been linked to the boat ride.2021 August 4, Sui-Lee Wee, Elsie Chen, “After Months as a Covid Success Story, China Tries to Tame Delta”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2021

Forms of Changde

alternative formCh'ang-te
alternative formChangteh

Origin of Changde

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 常德 (Chángdé).

Questions about Changde

What does Changde mean?
Changde means a prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.
What part of speech is Changde?
Changde is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Changde?
Changde is pronounced /t͡ʃæŋ.di/.

Words near Changde in the dictionary

  1. Changchien
  2. Changchiens
  3. Changchou
  4. Changchow
  5. Changchun
  6. Changde
  7. change
  8. change a word, get a third
  9. change agent
  10. change agents
  11. Change Alley

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