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Kienyang

Kienyang is the dated form of Jianyang.

Meaning of Jianyang

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...

Origin of Kienyang

Borrowed from Mandarin 建陽／建阳 (Jiànyáng).

Borrowed from Mandarin 簡陽／简阳 (Jiǎnyáng).

Questions about Kienyang

What is Kienyang the dated form of?
Kienyang is the dated form of Jianyang.

Words near Kienyang in the dictionary

  1. Kienitzes
  2. Kienning
  3. Kienow
  4. Kiens
  5. Kienshih
  6. Kienyang
  7. Kienzle
  8. Kienzles
  9. kier
  10. Kiera
  11. Kieran

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