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Guangyang

Syllables: Guang·yang

Guangyang proper noun: a former commandery around Beijing, China, from the Qin Dynasty on.

Proper noun

Guangyang

  1. (historical) A former commandery around Beijing, China, from the Qin Dynasty on.
  2. (historical) A former principality around Beijing, China, during the Han and Sima Jin Dynasties.
    Synonyms:
    Guangyou
  3. (historical) Synonym of Ji, a former city in Beijing, China, from its role as the seat of the commandery and principality.
    Synonyms:
    Ji
  4. A district of Langfang, Hebei, China.
    • In Qingdao in Shandong province, the Laixi district of more than 700,000 people was put under lockdown after officials found more than 1,600 locally transmitted cases since March 4 through mass testing. In Hebei province, the district of Guangyang, home to 500,000 people, has also been put under...2022 March 14, Lily Kuo, “As China’s covid outbreak expands, whole cities and provinces are sealed off and key industries closed”, in The Washington Post (Asia section), Washington, D.C.: The...

Synonyms of Guangyang

  • Guangyou
  • Ji

Origin of Guangyang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 廣陽 /广阳 (Guǎngyáng).

Questions about Guangyang

What does Guangyang mean?
Guangyang means a former commandery around Beijing, China, from the Qin Dynasty on.
What part of speech is Guangyang?
Guangyang is a proper noun.

Words near Guangyang in the dictionary

  1. Guangshan
  2. Guangshui
  3. Guangxi
  4. Guangxin
  5. guangxitoxin
  6. Guangyang
  7. Guangyuan
  8. Guangzhou
  9. Guangzhouese
  10. Guangzhounese
  11. Guangzhouwan

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