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Changning

Syllables: Chang·ning/(ˈ)t͡ʃɑŋˈnɪŋ/

Changning proper noun: a district of Shanghai, China.

changning: a district of Shanghai, China
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Proper noun

Changning

  1. A district of Shanghai, China.
    • With the help of these repressive forces, Chang Ch’un-ch’iao’s regime managed to weld some unity in the administration. The Shanghai Revolutionary Committee was little more than a name, for it lacked mass support and roots in the districts and suburbs of the municipal areas. To remedy this, the...
    • Opposition was still strong in the city. In Changning District, where I lived, it took weeks of argument and compromise to get a workable committee set up.1969, Neale Hunter, “The New Dispensation”, in Shanghai Journal: An Eyewitness Account of the Cultural Revolution, New York; Washington; London: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 272

Forms of Changning

alternative formCh'ang-ning

Origin of Changning

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 長寧 /长宁 (Chángníng, literally “Long Pacified”).

Questions about Changning

What does Changning mean?
Changning means a district of Shanghai, China.
What part of speech is Changning?
Changning is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Changning?
Changning is pronounced /(ˈ)t͡ʃɑŋˈnɪŋ/.

Words near Changning in the dictionary

  1. Changling
  2. Changlo
  3. Changlun
  4. Changma
  5. Changmas
  6. Changning
  7. Chango
  8. changoite
  9. Changos
  10. Changpai
  11. Changpai Time Zone

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