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Gaocheng

Syllables: Gao·cheng

Gaocheng proper noun: a town in Sui, Suizhou, Hubei, in central China.

Proper noun (1)

Gaocheng

  1. A town in Sui, Suizhou, Hubei, in central China.

Proper noun (2)

Gaocheng

  1. A district of Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
    • It has been shown that remains of Erh-li-kang type occur throughout the region that was to become the Shang capital in the dynasty's final centuries, in Tz'u Hsien, Han-tan, and Hsing-t'ai. Further north, an important Shang site was found near T'ai-hsi-ts'un 台西村, west of Kao-ch'eng, near...[1980, Kwang-chih Chang, Shang Civilization, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 290
    • More than 20,000 citizens from 12 villages in the Gaocheng District of the Chinese city of Shijiangzhuang have been relocated to quarantine sites as a preventative measure against Covid-19, according to Chinese state media.2021 January 14, “More than 20,000 Chinese villagers are moved to quarantine sites as a preventative measure”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2021

Forms of Gaocheng

alternative formKao-ch'eng

Origin of Gaocheng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高城 (Gāochéng).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 藁城 (Gǎochéng).

Questions about Gaocheng

What does Gaocheng mean?
Gaocheng means a town in Sui, Suizhou, Hubei, in central China.
What part of speech is Gaocheng?
Gaocheng is a proper noun.

Words near Gaocheng in the dictionary

  1. ganzás
  2. gao
  3. gao dim
  4. gao lak
  5. gao luk
  6. Gaocheng
  7. Gaocun
  8. Gaodeng
  9. Gaogouli
  10. gaohu
  11. gaohus

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