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Changle

Syllables: Chang·le/(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋ(ˈ)lʌ/

Changle proper noun: a district of Fuzhou, Fujian, China; a former county of Fujian, China.

Proper noun

Changle

  1. A district of Fuzhou, Fujian, China; a former county of Fujian, China.
    • Diongloh, a small port on the Min river 15 miles southeast of Foochow, fell to Chinese troops on Saturday.[…]Approximately 200 Japanese who tried to make a stand at Diongloh were wiped out, the Chinese said.[1945 May 22 [1945 May 21], Spencer Moosa, “Chinese Take Railhead as Japs Retire”, in Hope Star, Hope, Ark., sourced from Chungking (AP), →OCLC, page 6, column 7
    • Such an informal recruitment process seems to give just about anybody with the right connections or in the right social circles the opportunity to enter the business. Such was the story of a teacher in Changle County who became involved in the business because her husband was without a stable job...2008, Sheldon X. Zhang, Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 31

Examples of Changle in a sentence

  • Such was the story of a teacher in Changle County who became involved in the business because her husband was without a stable job at one point.2008, Sheldon X. Zhang, Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page...
  • Changle is a district in the city of Fuzhou.2023 January 12, Megha Rajagopalan, William K. Rashbaum, “With F.B.I. Search, U.S. Escalates Global Fight Over Chinese Police Outposts”, in...

Forms of Changle

alternative formChanglo
alternative formCh'ang-lo
alternative formDiongloh

Origin of Changle

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 長樂 /长乐 (Chánglè).

Questions about Changle

What does Changle mean?
Changle means a district of Fuzhou, Fujian, China; a former county of Fujian, China.
How do you use Changle in a sentence?
Such was the story of a teacher in Changle County who became involved in the business because her husband was without a stable job at one point.
What part of speech is Changle?
Changle is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Changle?
Changle is pronounced /(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋ(ˈ)lʌ/.

Words near Changle in the dictionary

  1. Changkufeng
  2. changkul
  3. changkuls
  4. Changlang
  5. Changlangpuan
  6. Changle
  7. Changli
  8. Changling
  9. Changlo
  10. Changlun
  11. Changma

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