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Jianghan

Syllables: Jiang·han

Jianghan proper noun: a district of Wuhan, Hubei, China, part of Hankou.

Proper noun

Jianghan

  1. A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China, part of Hankou.
    • The 44 primary schools in Chianghan District of Wuhan Municipality educate students to cherish the countryside, the poor and lower-middle peasants, and farmwork, thus exposing the Confucian fallacy that "one who excels in learning should serve as an official."[1974 December 13 [1974 December 12], “Wuhan Primary Schools Familiarize Students With Rural Life”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 241, Foreign Broadcast Information...
    • Jianghan Model
    • Having studied the Shanghai Model and Shenyang Model, the community development model in Jianghan District in Wuhan city identified further rights and responsibilities of government and community.2006, Yuan Ren, “Globalization and grassroots practices: community development in contemporary urban China”, in Fulong Wu, editor, Globalization and the Chinese City (Routledge Contemporary China...
  2. Jianghan Plain

Forms of Jianghan

alternative formChiang-han

Origin of Jianghan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江漢 /江汉 (Jiānghàn).

Questions about Jianghan

What does Jianghan mean?
Jianghan means a district of Wuhan, Hubei, China, part of Hankou.
What part of speech is Jianghan?
Jianghan is a proper noun.

Words near Jianghan in the dictionary

  1. Jiang Su
  2. Jiang Xi
  3. Jiang'an
  4. Jiangbei
  5. Jiangdong
  6. Jianghan
  7. Jiangjin
  8. jiangjun
  9. Jiangkou
  10. Jiangling
  11. Jiangmen

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