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Ji'an

Syllables: Ji·an/ˈdʒiˌɑn/

Ji'an proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.

Proper noun (1)

Ji'an

  1. A prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.
    • The core area of the Central Soviet in southern Kiangsi in 1932 and 1933 stretched from Ch’angt’ing (Tingchow) and Shanghang in western Fukien on the east to Hsinfeng, Kanhsien, and Wanan in the west of Kiangsi, and from the border of Kwangtung in the south to just below Chian and Nanchang in...[1972, James Pinckney Harrison, “Growth of the Rural Soviets”, in The Long March to Power: A History of the Chinese Communist Party, 1921-72 (Praeger University Series), Praeger Publishers, →LCCN...
    • ``I never saw shoes. Just straw sandals,″ said Xia, a thin and vigorous man of 78 who lives in a retirement home for revolutionaries in Ji’an, in Jiangxi province in southern China.1999 September 26, Renee Schoof, “China Marks Communism Half Century”, in AP News, archived from the original on 22 May 2022

Proper noun (2)

Ji'an

  1. A county-level city of Tonghua, Jilin, China.
    • The journey to the monuments of the ancient Korean kingdom of Kao-kou-li (Kokurye, in Korean), in the Hsien of Chi-an, on the r. bank of the Ya-lu Chiang (Am-nok kang or Pul-ryu in Korean), can be made by either of two routes:[…][1912, Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea, Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 246
    • Ji’an was the capital of Gaogouli, an ancient state in northeast China, between AD 3 and 427.1997, “Three Kingdoms through Western and Eastern Jin to Northern and Southern Dynasties (AD 220-589)”, in A Journey into China's Antiquity: National Museum of Chinese History, 1st edition, volume 2...

Examples of Ji'an in a sentence

  • On the southern slope of Changbai Mountain and in Ji'an City, which is located by the Yalu River, "Suspended Buddha" has been discovered.2006, Liu Naiji [刘乃季], Lin Yi [林毅], Yang Youhai [杨有海], “The Poetic and Picturesque Western Slope”, in Jilin: Tales of Changbai Mountain...
  • A policewoman at the Chinese border town of Ji'an said: "Some leader came yesterday," but declined further comment on reports that the two Kims had traveled there on late on Wednesday.2010 August 26, Maxim Duncan, Jeremy Laurence, Brett Cole, Kwon Youri, Tabassum Zakaria, Chris Buckley, Jonathan Thatcher, “Kim Jong-il...

Forms of Ji'an

alternative formChi-an

Origin of Ji'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吉安 (Jí'ān).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 集安 (Jí'ān).

Questions about Ji'an

What does Ji'an mean?
Ji'an means a prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.
How do you use Ji'an in a sentence?
On the southern slope of Changbai Mountain and in Ji'an City, which is located by the Yalu River, "Suspended Buddha" has been discovered.
What part of speech is Ji'an?
Ji'an is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Ji'an?
Ji'an is pronounced /ˈdʒiˌɑn/.

Words near Ji'an in the dictionary

  1. Jhuolan
  2. JHVH
  3. JHWH
  4. Ji
  5. Ji Lin
  6. Ji'an
  7. Ji'nan
  8. Jia
  9. Jiabong
  10. Jiading
  11. Jiagedaqi

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