Dingyuan
Syllables: Ding·yuan
Dingyuan proper noun: a county of Chuzhou, Anhui, China.
Proper noun
Dingyuan
- A county of Chuzhou, Anhui, China.
- As a result of Lin Piao and the "gang of four's" reckless, unbridled sabotage of the party's various policies for the rural areas, their trampling on the production team's right to stand on its own feet, and their arbitrary orders and unscrupulous commandism, agricultural production and commune...[1978 February 17 [1978 February 16], Commentator, “Respect the Production Team's Right To Stand on Its Own Feet”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 34, Foreign Broadcast...
- In 1853 he was named controller of the Lianghuai Salt District. He fell in battle against the Taipings at Dingyuan in Anhui.1993, Thomas L. Kennedy, transl., Testimony of a Confucian Woman: The Autobiography of Mrs. Nie Zeng Jifen, 1852-1942, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 120
Forms of Dingyuan
| alternative form | Tingyuan |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Ting-yüan |
Origin of Dingyuan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for the Mandarin 定遠 /定远 (Dìngyuǎn).
Questions about Dingyuan
- What does Dingyuan mean?
- Dingyuan means a county of Chuzhou, Anhui, China.
- What part of speech is Dingyuan?
- Dingyuan is a proper noun.
Words near Dingyuan in the dictionary
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