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Chien-ou

Chien-ou is the alternative form of Jian'ou.

Meaning of Jian'ou

Proper noun

Jian'ou

  1. A county-level city of Nanping, Fujian, China.
    • After clearing the Japanese outside coastline a sufficient distance, a general westerly course will be set for one or more of the following airports in China: Chuchow, Chuchow (Lishui), Yushan and/or Chienou. Chuchow is about seventy miles inland and two hundred miles to the south southwest of...[1964, Carroll V. Glines, “The Preparation”, in Doolittle's Tokyo Raiders, D. Van Nostrand Company, →OCLC, page 38

Origin of Chien-ou

From Mandarin 建甌 /建瓯 (Jiàn'ōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chien⁴-ou¹.

Questions about Chien-ou

What is Chien-ou the alternative form of?
Chien-ou is the alternative form of Jian'ou.

Words near Chien-ou in the dictionary

  1. Chiemgauer
  2. Chiemgauers
  3. Chiems
  4. Chien
  5. Chien ware
  6. Chien-ou
  7. Chien-shih
  8. Chienchen
  9. Chienchin
  10. Chieng
  11. chiengora

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