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Jianchang

Syllables: Jian·chang

Jianchang proper noun: former name of Xichang.

Proper noun (1)

Jianchang

  1. (historical) Former name of Xichang.

Proper noun (2)

Jianchang

  1. A county of Huludao, Liaoning, China.
    • In Chienchang County, commune members have newly reclaimed 5,800 mou of farmland from mountains and river banks.[1974 April 23 [1974 April 12], “Liaoning Irrigation Projects”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 79, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA...
    • The driver was taken into custody after the crash around noon in the coastal city of Huludao in Liaoning province, said the spokesman for Jianchang county in the city’s suburbs, who declined to give his name as is standard with Chinese bureaucrats.2018 November 22, “Car strikes crowd at China school, killing 5 and hurting 18”, in AP News, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2018

Forms of Jianchang

alternative form (obsolete)Keen-chang
alternative form (obsolete)Kienchang

Origin of Jianchang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 建昌 (Jiànchāng, literally “establishing prosperity”).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 建昌 (Jiànchāng).

Questions about Jianchang

What does Jianchang mean?
Jianchang means former name of Xichang.
What part of speech is Jianchang?
Jianchang is a proper noun.

Words near Jianchang in the dictionary

  1. Jianan
  2. jianbing
  3. jianbing guozi
  4. jianbings
  5. Jiancaoping
  6. Jianchang
  7. Jiande
  8. Jiandu
  9. Jiang
  10. jiang hu
  11. Jiang Su

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