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Ding'an

Syllables: Ding·an

Ding'an proper noun: a county of Hainan, China.

Proper noun

Ding'an

  1. A county of Hainan, China.
    • On 10 February 1939, the Formosa Mixed Brigade, in close cooperation with naval units, made surprise landings on north Hainan Island and, meeting very little resistance, by midday had occupied Haikoushih. On the same day, the Brigade advanced and occupied Tingan.[1957, China Area of Operations Record July 1937 - November 1941, United States Army, page 61
    • Assisted by the work groups of the Hainan regional and Tingan County public security bureaus, the party committee of (Hsienkou) commune in Tingan County recently launched education in the socialist rule of law in the commune on a grand scale.[1978 November 17 [1978 November 10], “Hainan Commune Conducts Education in Rule of Law”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 223, Foreign Broadcast Information Service...

Examples of Ding'an in a sentence

  • The couple from Ding'an County on the island province of Hainan, have made thousands of Zongzi, a snack associated with the festival, since June.2018 June 16, “Across China: Sticky rice dumplings a money magnet on Chinese island”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)...
  • The chicken farm is located in Xinzhu town, Ding'an County, Hainan Province, and covers an area of 0.3 km².2025, Peipei Hao with Xingyi Jiang, Xiaodong Rao, Wei Liang, and Yanyun Zhang, “Population Monitoring of the Red Junglefowl Based on...

Origin of Ding'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 定安 (Dìng'ān).

Questions about Ding'an

What does Ding'an mean?
Ding'an means a county of Hainan, China.
How do you use Ding'an in a sentence?
The couple from Ding'an County on the island province of Hainan, have made thousands of Zongzi, a snack associated with the festival, since June.
What part of speech is Ding'an?
Ding'an is a proper noun.

Words near Ding'an in the dictionary

  1. ding dong carts
  2. ding dong ditch
  3. ding dongs
  4. ding right
  5. ding up
  6. Ding'an
  7. ding, ding, ding, we have a winner
  8. ding-a-ling
  9. ding-a-lings
  10. ding-dong
  11. ding-dong ditch

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