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Che-keang

Che-keang is the alternative form of Zhejiang.

Meaning of Zhejiang

Proper noun

Zhejiang

  1. A coastal province in eastern China, running from Hangzhou Bay to Fujian. Capital: Hangzhou.
    • The kiln site actually responsible for such refinement has so far not been located. Shao-hsing, Chechiang Province, is commonly considered their point of origin since so many jars have been unearthed from tombs in that district.[...]It would take until the late third century for the potters of...[1982, Jenifer Neils, editor, The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 85

Origin of Che-keang

From a romanization of Mandarin 浙江 (Zhè Jiāng, literally “crooked river”), from a former name of the Qiantang River.

Questions about Che-keang

What is Che-keang the alternative form of?
Che-keang is the alternative form of Zhejiang.

Words near Che-keang in the dictionary

  1. Che Guevarist
  2. Che Guevarists
  3. che sara sara
  4. che sera sera
  5. Che-chiang
  6. Che-keang
  7. Che-kyang
  8. Chea
  9. Cheadle
  10. Cheadle Heath
  11. Cheadle Hulme

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Che-keang (page history and authors); Zhejiang (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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