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Chencang

Syllables: Chen·cang

Chencang proper noun: a district of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.

Proper noun

Chencang

  1. A district of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
    • Ch’en-ts'ang, an ancient name for Tang Feng-hsiang, the modern Pao-chi (Precious Pheasant) county, Shensi. The name derives from the story Wei alludes to: In ancient times, Duke Wen of Ch'in was hunting at Ch'en-ts’ang and encountered the magic bird on the north slope of Ch'en-ts'ang Mountain. It...[1988, Robin D. S. Yates, Washing Silk: The Life and Selected Poetry of Wei Chuang (834?-910), →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 123
    • A gold tiger fitting from Weijiaya, Chencang District, Baoji City, dating to the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), has decorative spirals on its haunches very much like many of the animals found in Early La Tène contexts—the dogs on the rim of the Basse-Yutz flagons and the hybrid creature on the...2012, Peter S. Wells, “Contacts, Commerce, and the Dynamics of New Visual Patterns”, in How Ancient Europeans Saw the World: Vision, Patterns, and the Shaping of the Mind in Prehistoric Times...

Examples of Chencang in a sentence

  • The main objective of this study was to apply a statistical (information value) model using geographic information system (GIS) to the Chencang District of Baoji, China.2014 March 27, Wei Chen et al., “Landslide susceptibility mapping based on GIS and information value model for the Chencang District of...
  • He Zun, an early Western Zhou bronze vessel was unearthed from Jiacun Town, Baoji prefecture in Shaanxi Province (now known as Chencang District of Baoji) in 1963.2022, Qingzhu Liu, “Archaeological Discoveries and Studies About the Ancient Capitals”, in Jing He, transl., A History of Un-fractured...

Origin of Chencang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 陳倉 /陈仓 (Chéncāng).

Questions about Chencang

What does Chencang mean?
Chencang means a district of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
How do you use Chencang in a sentence?
The main objective of this study was to apply a statistical (information value) model using geographic information system (GIS) to the Chencang District of Baoji, China.
What part of speech is Chencang?
Chencang is a proper noun.

Words near Chencang in the dictionary

  1. Chenard
  2. Chenards
  3. chenars
  4. Chenault
  5. Chenaults
  6. Chencang
  7. chenchalok
  8. Chenchu
  9. Chenchus
  10. chenco
  11. chenda

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