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Chenggu

Syllables: Cheng·gu/t͡ʃɛŋ.ɡu/

Chenggu proper noun: a county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.

Proper noun

Chenggu

  1. A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
    • Zhang Qian, buried in his home town in Chenggu County, was the first envoy in Chinese history to visit the western regions and thus form the initial link between China and her western neighbours.1991 [1987], Zongxu Zou, translated by Susan Whitfield, The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian, Viking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 138
    • The policy-making officials in the war capital of Chung-king had decided to relocate the Northwestern Teachers’ College from Ch’êng-ku county, southern Shênsi province, to Shih-li-tien, literally Ten-miles-distanced store, a suburb of the city of Lanchou, Kansu province.[2002, Chu Yin-tsung McIntyre, The Snow Storm Over Temple Ta-er, Pittsburg, Penn.: Dorrance Publishing Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1

Forms of Chenggu

alternative formCh'eng-ku

Origin of Chenggu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 城固.

Questions about Chenggu

What does Chenggu mean?
Chenggu means a county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
What part of speech is Chenggu?
Chenggu is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Chenggu?
Chenggu is pronounced /t͡ʃɛŋ.ɡu/.

Words near Chenggu in the dictionary

  1. chengdeite
  2. Chengdong
  3. Chengdu
  4. Chengfei
  5. Chengfeis
  6. Chenggu
  7. chengguan
  8. chengguans
  9. Chenghai
  10. Chengie
  11. Chengjiaqiao

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