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Fangcheng

Syllables: Fang·cheng

Fangcheng proper noun: a county of Nanyang, Henan, China.

Proper noun (1)

Fangcheng

  1. A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
    • Chang Shih-chih,⁷¹ whose style was Chi, was a native of Che-yang⁷² of the Nan-yang commandery.[1972 [Eastern Han], Hsün Yüeh, “Supported by Elder Brother”, in T’ung-tsu Ch’ü, transl., edited by Jack L. Dull, Han Social Structure, Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, sourced...
    • The raid was conducted in a village about 27 miles south of Fangcheng, a city in Henan province in central China.1994 February 16, Daniel Southerl, “CHINESE DETAIN 7 CHRISTIAN ACTIVISTS -- 3 FROM U.S.”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2023

Proper noun (2)

Fangcheng

  1. A district of Fangchenggang, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
    • Finally, at the beginning of September, the commanders of the two companies of Kwangsi troops defending the unwalled district city of Fang-ch’eng, west of Ch’in-chou, abruptly defected to the revolutionary side. Why they defected is not clear. A native of Kwangsi himself, Wang may have played upon...[1975, Edward J. M. Rhoads, “Middle Years of the Post-Boxer Decade, II: Revolution”, in China's Republican Revolution: The Case of Kwangtung, 1895–1913, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press...
    • The agency also said there was an attack in Fangcheng County in Guanxi^([sic – meaning Guangxi]) Province and artillery fire directed against Yunnan Province1979 August 25, “China Accuses Vietnam of Raids And Artillery Attack Near Border”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2018, page 4

Origin of Fangcheng

From Mandarin 方城.

From Mandarin 防城 (Fángchéng).

Questions about Fangcheng

What does Fangcheng mean?
Fangcheng means a county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
What part of speech is Fangcheng?
Fangcheng is a proper noun.

Words near Fangcheng in the dictionary

  1. fangas
  2. fangblennies
  3. fangblenny
  4. fangboy
  5. fangboys
  6. Fangcheng
  7. Fangchenggang
  8. fangchinoline
  9. Fangchuan
  10. fangdom
  11. fanged

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