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Jinhu

Syllables: Jin·hu/d͡ʒɪnˈhuː/

Jinhu proper noun: a county of Huai'an, Jiangsu, China.

Proper noun

Jinhu

  1. A county of Huai'an, Jiangsu, China.
    • The government of Jinhu County in Jiangsu Province said on Friday that 145 children had received oral polio vaccines after their December expiration date.2019 January 14, Sui-Lee Wee, Elsie Chen, “China Investigates Latest Vaccine Scandal After Violent Protests”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2025, Business
  2. An urban township in Kinmen County, Taiwan.
    • Erected in 1812, the Memorial Arch to Ciou Liang-gong’s (Qiu Liang-gong) Mother, on Jyuguang (Juguang) Road in Jinhu District, to the east of Jinning, celebrates the virtuous mother of Ciou Liang-song^([sic – meaning Liang-gong]) (Qiu Liang-gong), a governor-general of Zhejiang province in mainland...2007, Phil Macdonald, “Strait Islands”, in Taiwan, 2nd edition (Travel), National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 201–202
    • Kinmen’s second-largest settlement, SHANWAI (often referred to as Jinhu township), is mostly populated with young soldiers.2015 August, Simon Foster, Stephen Keeling, “The Taiwan Strait Islands”, in The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), 3rd edition (Travel), Penguin Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 364

Examples of Jinhu in a sentence

  • At a press conference Wednesday, the center announced that a pig carcass was found to have drifted ashore in Kinmen's Jinhu Township on Sunday (April 7).2019 April 11, Keoni Everington, “3rd dead pig found on Kinmen shore tests positive for ASF”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on...
  • Chiseled into rock in Kinmen County’s Jinhu Township (金湖) are the Chinese characters for one of Chiang Kai-shek’s (蔣介石) favorite memes.2021 May 26, Jerome Keating, “The Kinmen and Matsu challenge”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2021...

Forms of Jinhu

alternative formKinhu
alternative formChinhu

Origin of Jinhu

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 金湖 (Jīnhú).

Words that rhyme with Jinhu

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Questions about Jinhu

What does Jinhu mean?
Jinhu means a county of Huai'an, Jiangsu, China.
How do you use Jinhu in a sentence?
At a press conference Wednesday, the center announced that a pig carcass was found to have drifted ashore in Kinmen's Jinhu Township on Sunday (April 7).
What part of speech is Jinhu?
Jinhu is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Jinhu?
Jinhu is pronounced /d͡ʒɪnˈhuː/.

Words near Jinhu in the dictionary

  1. Jingzhao
  2. jingzhaotoxin
  3. jingzhaotoxins
  4. Jingzhe
  5. Jingzhou
  6. Jinhu
  7. Jinhua
  8. Jinhua ham
  9. Jinhua hams
  10. Jining
  11. jinja

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