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Jinyuan

Syllables: Jin·yuan/d͡ʒɪnˈwɑn/

Jinyuan proper noun: a district of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.

Proper noun

Jinyuan

  1. A district of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
    • Outside the Guanzhong area, Sui palatial sarcophagi have recently been discovered in the Taiyuan area. A tomb in Wangguo (Jinyuan district, Taiyuan) has a single chamber built in an earthen pit.2004, Yang Hong, “Jade Suits of the Han Dynasty and Painted Pottery Figurines of the Tang Dynasty: Reflections of Han and Tang Aristocratic Burial Practices”, in Xiaoneng Yang, editor, New...
    • In May 2009, the Jinyuan district government issued a document to villagers revealing that 300 homes, including those belonging to Meng Fugui and Wu Wenyuan, would be demolished and setting out a plan for demolition, compensation and relocation.2012, Standing Their Ground: Thousands Face Violent Eviction in China, Amnesty International, →OCLC, page 29

Origin of Jinyuan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 晉源 /晋源.

Questions about Jinyuan

What does Jinyuan mean?
Jinyuan means a district of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
What part of speech is Jinyuan?
Jinyuan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Jinyuan?
Jinyuan is pronounced /d͡ʒɪnˈwɑn/.

Words near Jinyuan in the dictionary

  1. jinxers
  2. jinxes
  3. Jinxi
  4. Jinxian
  5. jinxing
  6. Jinyuan
  7. Jinzhai
  8. Jinzhong
  9. Jinzhou
  10. Jinzhu
  11. jio

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