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Jianyang

Syllables: Jian·yang

Jianyang proper noun: a district and former county of Nanping, Fujian, China.

Proper noun (1)

Jianyang

  1. A district and former county of Nanping, Fujian, China.
    • It said 90 buildings collapsed in the storm that hit Jianyang county of Fujian Province. The agency quoted county authorities as saying the casualties included students and teachers in local schools.1983 April 14, “AROUND THE WORLD; Tornado Kills 54 In South China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2023, Around the World, page 11

Proper noun (2)

Jianyang

  1. A county-level city of Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
    • Zhang Yong, a former tractor-factory worker, founded Haidilao originally with just four tables in his hometown, Jianyang, a city in Sichuan Province in China’s southwest.2018 September 25, Elsie Chen, Sui-Lee Wee [黃瑞黎], “Offering Manicures With Your Hot Pot, China’s Haidilao Plans a Global Push [海底撈赴港上市，它能征服海外食客嗎？]”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...

Forms of Jianyang

alternative formKienyang

Origin of Jianyang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 建陽 /建阳 (Jiànyáng).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 簡陽 /简阳 (Jiǎnyáng).

Questions about Jianyang

What does Jianyang mean?
Jianyang means a district and former county of Nanping, Fujian, China.
What part of speech is Jianyang?
Jianyang is a proper noun.

Words near Jianyang in the dictionary

  1. Jianshih
  2. Jianshui
  3. jianshuiite
  4. jiantizi
  5. Jianxi
  6. Jianyang
  7. jianzhi
  8. jianzi
  9. jiao
  10. jiao zi
  11. Jiaocheng

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