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Jianning

Syllables: Jian·ning

Jianning proper noun: a county of Sanming, Fujian, China.

Proper noun

Jianning

  1. A county of Sanming, Fujian, China.
    • The lotus—Azolla—fish farming system (Fig. 2.3) started in 1986 in Yeping village, Jianning county in Fujian, China.1994, Arsenia G. Cagauan, Roger S.V. Pullin, “Azolla in Aquaculture: Past, Present and Future”, in James F. Muir, Ronald J. Roberts, editors, Recent Advances in Aquaculture, volume V, →ISBN, →OCLC...
  2. A former prefecture of Fujian, China; modern Jian'ou.
    • The baojuan mentions Zhenghe 政和 county in Jianning prefecture as one of the first places to which the group spread in Fujian; see Baojuan chuji 1994, 358 (Sanzu xingjiao yinyou baojuan 三祖行腳因由寶卷, 33b).2009, Eugenio Menegon, Ancestors, Virgins, & Friars: Christianity as a Local Religion in Late Imperial China, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 75

Forms of Jianning

alternative formKienning

Origin of Jianning

Borrowed from Mandarin 建寧 /建宁 (Jiànníng).

Questions about Jianning

What does Jianning mean?
Jianning means a county of Sanming, Fujian, China.
What part of speech is Jianning?
Jianning is a proper noun.

Words near Jianning in the dictionary

  1. Jiangzhou
  2. Jianhe
  3. jianhuazi
  4. Jianli
  5. Jianlu
  6. Jianning
  7. Jianping
  8. Jians
  9. Jianshi
  10. Jianshih
  11. Jianshui

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