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Dengzhou

Syllables: Deng·zhou

Dengzhou proper noun: a county-level city of Nanyang, Henan, China.

Proper noun (1)

Dengzhou

  1. A county-level city of Nanyang, Henan, China.
    • According to Ying Mingquan (director of the People’s Armed Forces Department of Dengzhou Municipality, Henan Province, and standing member of the Dengzhou Municipal Party Committee), a military standing member should play three roles: the role of publicist (xuanchuan yuan), the role of a military...2007, Civil-Military Relations in Today's China: Swimming in a New Sea, M.E.Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 120
    • Zhang Haixin, 46, a farmer in Dengzhou, was arrested last November on charges of forging government documents, after years of quietly working to protect the land of villagers who felt they had nowhere else to turn.[…]
    • She helped postpone a land grab in her village by leading a group of petitioners to the cities of Dengzhou, Henan’s provincial capital Zhengzhou and even Beijing, starting in 2009.2014 May 2, Mimi Lau, “Dengzhou villager creates fake but effective 'government office' to fight illegal land grabs”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 May...

Proper noun (2)

Dengzhou

  1. (obsolete) The city of Penglai in Shandong in China.
    • Penglai, formerly Dengzhou, is an attractive place on the coast with a fine fortified harbour that is currently being restored. It is accessible from the city of Yantai, which has a convenient airport.2009, Stephen Turnbull, “The Sites Today”, in Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC–AD 1644, Osprey Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 62

Forms of Dengzhou

alternative formTengchow
alternative formTeng-chou

Origin of Dengzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 鄧州 /邓州 (Dèngzhōu).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 登州 (Dēngzhōu).

Questions about Dengzhou

What does Dengzhou mean?
Dengzhou means a county-level city of Nanyang, Henan, China.
What part of speech is Dengzhou?
Dengzhou is a proper noun.

Words near Dengzhou in the dictionary

  1. Dengsed
  2. dengue
  3. dengue fever
  4. dengue shock syndrome
  5. dengues
  6. Dengzhou
  7. Denham
  8. Denham Court
  9. Denhams
  10. Denhams Beach
  11. Denhardt

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