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Chaoyang

Syllables: Chao·yang/(ˈ)t͡ʃaʊˈjæŋ/

Chaoyang proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China.

Proper noun (1)

Chaoyang

  1. A prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China.
  2. A district of Beijing, China.
    • Peiping's public security bureau has been paralyzed by mob actions, according to an intelligence report reaching Taipei.
      The report said that since the Tienanmen uprising last April 6 each branch of the city's security bureau has been raided by mobs three to five times.
      The Chaoyang branch of the...1977 March 6, “Mobs raid offices of public security bureau”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVIII, number 9, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3
    • Six new cases were found in Beijing's central districts of Chaoyang and Haidian. China is seeing a spike in cases due to domestic travel in the past month.2021 November 11, “Coronavirus digest: Germany reports new record-high case numbers”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2021
  3. A county of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China.
    • In Chaoyang, a hilly county in western Liaoning bordering the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the dryness has become a way of life.
      'It's no use despairing,' said farmer Mr Xing, leaning on his bicycle by the roadside. 'We plant drought-resistant crops like cotton, peanuts and sweet...2003 April 13, Nailene Chou, “Drought strangles Liaoning's farms and factories”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2025
  4. A district of Changchun, Jilin, China
  5. A town in Wuxi, Chongqing, China

Proper noun (2)

Chaoyang

  1. A district of Shantou, Guangdong, China.
    • Dr. R. E. Worley was appointed to this work in 1903, but his devoted, self-sacrificing service was brief, for in the summer of 1907 he was drowned while crossing Swatow Bay after his regular weekly visit to Chaoyang, where he had a dispensary.1907, Missions in China, Boston, Mass.: American Baptist Missionary Union, →OCLC, page 46
    Synonyms:
    Teoyeo

Synonyms of Chaoyang

  • Teoyeo

Forms of Chaoyang

alternative formCh'ao-yang

Origin of Chaoyang

From Mandarin 朝陽／朝阳 (Cháoyáng).

From Mandarin 潮陽／潮阳 (Cháoyáng).

Questions about Chaoyang

What does Chaoyang mean?
Chaoyang means a prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China.
What part of speech is Chaoyang?
Chaoyang is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Chaoyang?
Chaoyang is pronounced /(ˈ)t͡ʃaʊˈjæŋ/.

Words near Chaoyang in the dictionary

  1. chaoush
  2. chaoushes
  3. chaoux
  4. Chaoxian
  5. Chaoxianzu
  6. Chaoyang
  7. chaoyangopterid
  8. chaoyangopterids
  9. chaoyangsaurid
  10. chaoyangsaurids
  11. Chaozhou

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