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Jiangning

Syllables: Jiang·ning

Jiangning proper noun: former name of Nanjing.

Proper noun

Jiangning

  1. Former name of Nanjing.
  2. A district and former county of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
  3. A former district of Shanghai, China.

Origin of Jiangning

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 江寧／江宁 (Jiāngníng).

Questions about Jiangning

What does Jiangning mean?
Jiangning means former name of Nanjing.
What part of speech is Jiangning?
Jiangning is a proper noun.

Words near Jiangning in the dictionary

  1. jiangjun
  2. Jiangkou
  3. Jiangling
  4. Jiangmen
  5. Jiangnan
  6. Jiangning
  7. Jiangshanian
  8. jiangshi
  9. Jiangsu
  10. Jiangsunese
  11. Jiangwan

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