Dihua
Syllables: Di·hua
Dihua proper noun: former name of Ürümqi.
Proper noun
Dihua
- Former name of Ürümqi.
- The first stop they made in China was at the garrison city of Dihua, the Chinese Turkestan capital, where Wang Ming and Hang called on the local warlord, Sheng Shicai.1992, John Bryon, Robert Pack, The Claws of the Dragon: Kang Sheng—the Evil Genius Behind Mao—and His Legacy of Terror in People's China, Simon & Schuster, page 130
- Sheng Shicai, the governor of the northwestern province of Xinjiang, the population of which was largely ethnic Uighur rather than Chinese, invited Du to take up the chancellorship of the Xinjiang Academy, the higher education institution for the province located in the city of Dihua (now known as...2004, Rana Mitter, A Bitter Revolution: China's Struggle with the Modern World, Oxford University Press, page 180
Forms of Dihua
| alternative form | Tihua |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Ti-hua |
| alternative form | Tihwa |
Origin of Dihua
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 迪化 (Díhuà).
Questions about Dihua
- What does Dihua mean?
- Dihua means former name of Ürümqi.
- What part of speech is Dihua?
- Dihua is a proper noun.
Words near Dihua in the dictionary
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