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Dongyi

Dongyi noun: a cultural group of ancient China centered in what is now Shandong province.

Noun

Dongyi pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) a cultural group of ancient China centered in what is now Shandong province.
    Synonyms:
    Yi, Eastern Yi, barbarian

Synonyms of Dongyi

Origin of Dongyi

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 東夷 /东夷 (Dōngyí).

Questions about Dongyi

What does Dongyi mean?
Dongyi means a cultural group of ancient China centered in what is now Shandong province.
What part of speech is Dongyi?
Dongyi is a noun.

Words near Dongyi in the dictionary

  1. Dongxiang
  2. Dongxiangs
  3. Dongxihu
  4. Dongxing
  5. Dongyang
  6. Dongyi
  7. Dongyin
  8. Dongying
  9. Dongzhou
  10. Donham
  11. Donhams

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