Dinghai
Syllables: Ding·hai
Dinghai proper noun: a district of Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
Proper noun
Dinghai
- A district of Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
- He recently spoke at a conference denouncing the destruction of Dinghai, an old town on Zhoushan island, near Shanghai, best known as the real object of British covetousness during the Opium War (Hong Kong was actually a mistake).2001 April 20, Jonathan Napack, “A Firebrand Agitates to Preserve China's Memory”, in The New York Times (Style section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
- Dinghai district, the central area of Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, lies on the biggest island of Zhoushan Archipelago.2015, Fang Wen with Zhu Wang and Yong He, “Suburban Composite Landscape Corridor Design Based on “Flow” Concept in Dinghai District of Zhoushan”, in The Open Construction and Building Technology...
Origin of Dinghai
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 定海 (Dìnghǎi).
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Questions about Dinghai
- What does Dinghai mean?
- Dinghai means a district of Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
- What part of speech is Dinghai?
- Dinghai is a proper noun.
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