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Dehong

Syllables: De·hong

Dehong proper noun: a Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China.

Proper noun

Dehong

  1. A Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China.
    • The Tais who now live in Hsishuangbanna and Tehung did not come after Kublai Khan. Known as Tianyueh in Chinese literature, their ancestors were there as early as 2,000 years ago during the time of the Western Han.[1978 July, Yu-ting Tu, Chen Lu-fan, “Was There a Massive Exodus of Thais?”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVII, number 7, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 31, column 1
    • 6. It has exposed and criticized their reactionary principle of slandering Tehung Prefecture as a ‘peaceful border area’ and a ‘revsionist paradise’ and their crimes of sabotaging stability in the border areas and the building of border defense.[1978 November 14 [1978 November 8], “Yunnan Prefecture Reveals Gang's Sabotage in Border Areas”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 220, Foreign Broadcast Information...

Examples of Dehong in a sentence

  • In 1988, there were only 13 small sawmills in Dehong prefecture, a center of the new logging trade.2001 March 25, John Pomfret, “China’s Lumbering Economy Ravages Border Forests”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington...
  • Calls to the Yunnan propaganda office went unanswered, as did calls to the propaganda office of Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, the location of the camps.2012 August 23, Edward Wong, “China Forcing Repatriation of Ethnic Refugees From Myanmar”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section)...

Origin of Dehong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 德宏 (Déhóng).

Questions about Dehong

What does Dehong mean?
Dehong means a Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China.
How do you use Dehong in a sentence?
In 1988, there were only 13 small sawmills in Dehong prefecture, a center of the new logging trade.
What part of speech is Dehong?
Dehong is a proper noun.

Words near Dehong in the dictionary

  1. dehonestate
  2. dehonestated
  3. dehonestates
  4. dehonestating
  5. dehonestation
  6. Dehong
  7. dehook
  8. dehooked
  9. dehooking
  10. dehorn
  11. dehorned

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