Gong'an
Syllables: Gong·an/ˈɡɔŋˌɑn/
Gong'an proper noun: a county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
Proper noun
Gong'an
- A county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
- Gong’an County has over 3,000 Christians who hope to build a church in the county town to hold 700 people.1999, Tony Lambert, “A survey of church growth, province by province”, in China's Christian Millions, Monarch Books, published 2006, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 252
- Functionaries in Gongan county in rural Hubei province had been ordered to smoke at least 23,000 packs of cigarettes a year, worth nearly 4 million yuan ($586,700), to cushion government finances, according to regional media reports.[2009 May 5, Beijing newsroom, “China cigarette order goes up in smoke”, in Ben Blanchard, Miral Fahmy, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2017, Lifestyle
Forms of Gong'an
| alternative form | Kungan |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Kung-an |
Origin of Gong'an
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 公安 (Gōng'ān).
Questions about Gong'an
- What does Gong'an mean?
- Gong'an means a county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
- What part of speech is Gong'an?
- Gong'an is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Gong'an?
- Gong'an is pronounced /ˈɡɔŋˌɑn/.
Words near Gong'an in the dictionary
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