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Jiayu

Syllables: Jia·yu

Jiayu proper noun: a county of Xianning, Hubei, China.

jiayu: a county of Xianning, Hubei, China
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Proper noun

Jiayu

  1. A county of Xianning, Hubei, China.
    • Vuchang commands over ten Cities, as Vuhang, Vuchang, Kiayu, Puki, Hienning, Cungyang, Tungching, Hingque, Taye, Tungxan.[1669 [1665], John Ogilby, transl., An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of original by John...
    • On 17 March, the Chiayu County revolutionary committee held a meeting of responsible persons of units at the county level and the various districts and farms, to convey and implement the directive from the party Central Committee, the State Council, the Military Affairs Committee, and the central...[1968 March 19 [1968 March 18], “Chiayu County Meeting”, in Daily Report: Communist China, number 55, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Wuhan Hupeh Provincial Service, translation...

Forms of Jiayu

alternative formKiayü
alternative formChia-yü

Origin of Jiayu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 嘉魚 /嘉鱼 (Jiāyú).

Questions about Jiayu

What does Jiayu mean?
Jiayu means a county of Xianning, Hubei, China.
What part of speech is Jiayu?
Jiayu is a proper noun.

Words near Jiayu in the dictionary

  1. Jiasian
  2. Jiaxian
  3. Jiaxing
  4. Jiayi
  5. Jiayin
  6. Jiayu
  7. Jiayuguan
  8. jib
  9. jib boom
  10. jib booms
  11. jib door

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