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Dabancheng

Syllables: Da·ban·cheng/ˈdɑ.bɑn.t͡ʃɒŋ/

Dabancheng proper noun: a district of Ürümqi, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Proper noun

Dabancheng

  1. A district of Ürümqi, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • On arrival of the news at Urumtsi, a panic occurred amongst the officials and Chinese population, and So and Yang seized the opportunity to incite the Mahomedan population in the country round to attack the town of Ta-pan Ch’êng, not far distant from Urumtsi.[1882 [1881 April 21], Translation of the Peking Gazette for 1881, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 49
    • Work on the Tien Shan tunnel project at Tapancheng will also be advanced in the beginning of May.[1958, Survey of China Mainland Press, numbers 1762-1781, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 29

Examples of Dabancheng in a sentence

  • At Dabancheng, in Xinjiang province in the northwest, China is building a wind farm that could one day be the largest in the world.2010, Neil Morris, The Energy Mix, Mankato, MN: Smart Apple Media, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 29:
  • New buildings added to Xinjiang's largest camp, in Dabancheng, near Urumqi, last year stretched to almost a mile in length, Ruser said.2020 September 23, Anna Fifield, “China is building vast new detention centers for Muslims in Xinjiang”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN...
  • A detention facility in Dabancheng, Xinjiang, last year.2022 August 25, Nick Cumming-Bruce, Austin Ramzy, “U.N. Report on Rights Abuses in Xinjiang May Be Delayed Again”, in The New York Times...

Forms of Dabancheng

alternative formTa-pan-ch'eng

Origin of Dabancheng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 達坂城 /达坂城 (Dábǎnchéng).

Questions about Dabancheng

What does Dabancheng mean?
Dabancheng means a district of Ürümqi, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
How do you use Dabancheng in a sentence?
At Dabancheng, in Xinjiang province in the northwest, China is building a wind farm that could one day be the largest in the world.
What part of speech is Dabancheng?
Dabancheng is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dabancheng?
Dabancheng is pronounced /ˈdɑ.bɑn.t͡ʃɒŋ/.

Words near Dabancheng in the dictionary

  1. dab-handed
  2. Daba
  3. daba grass
  4. dabai
  5. dabakan
  6. Dabancheng
  7. dabao
  8. Dabb
  9. dabb lizard
  10. dabb lizards
  11. dabba

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