Chengkou
Syllables: Cheng·kou
Chengkou proper noun: a county of Chongqing, China.
Proper noun
Chengkou
- A county of Chongqing, China.
- Salt Works Close
Hundreds of thousands of workers are report unemployed as a result of the recent closing of the Chengkou saltworks, on the Shensi border of northeast Szechuen, which, closing, many believe, was deliberately engineered by the Kaihsien salt Producers, who were desirous of cornering...1936 October 28, “Resident Deputy of French F. O.”, in North-China Herald, volume CCI, number 3612, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 228, column 3 - Zhu Zhao-ling and others (1977) report a section at Chengkou County, northeastern Sichuan, and Ni Yu-nan (1978) revised the graptolite zones of the type Lungmachi Formation.1986, Mu En-zhi, A. J. Boucot, Chen Xu, Rong Jia-yu, Correlation of the Silurian Rocks of China, Geological Society of America, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4
- Salt Works Close
Forms of Chengkou
| alternative form | Chengkow |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Ch'eng-k'ou |
Origin of Chengkou
From the Mandarin 城口 (Chéngkǒu).
Questions about Chengkou
- What does Chengkou mean?
- Chengkou means a county of Chongqing, China.
- What part of speech is Chengkou?
- Chengkou is a proper noun.
Words near Chengkou in the dictionary
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