Kunming
Syllables: Kun·ming/kʊnˈmɪŋ/
Kunming proper noun: a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Yunnan, in southwestern China.
Proper noun
Kunming
- A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Yunnan, in southwestern China.
- The Minister of Commerce and Industry is pushing forward proposals for the development of mining, and has placed before the Cabinet a scheme for the division of the country into eight mining districts to be controlled by the Mining Supervision Bureau.[…]The fifth division will be Shensi, Kansu, and...1914 January, “China's Mining Districts”, in The Far Eastern Review [遠東時報], volume X, number 8, Shanghai; Manila, →OCLC, page 311, column 2
- Military movements are reported to be proceeding in the region of Kunming.1930 December 31 [1930 December 30], “Rebel Army Enters Yunnan.”, in Hongkong Daily Press, number 2260, page 9, column 4
Kunming meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Thai and Vietnamese
Kunming in Hindi
- a prefecture-level city in southwestern China
- कुनमिंग kunmiṅg
Kunming in Arabic
- a prefecture-level city in southwestern China
- كُونْمِينْج kunming, كُونْمِينْغ kunminḡ
Kunming in Thai
- a prefecture-level city in southwestern China
- คุนหมิง kunmĭng
Kunming in Vietnamese
- a prefecture-level city in southwestern China
- Côn Minh
More languagesFewer languages
- Kunming in Myanmar
- ကူမင်းမြို့ kumang:mrui.
Examples of Kunming in a sentence
- The 960-mile road from Kunming to Lashio was a vast engineering feat and, after the outbreak of the Pacific war, China’s main hope for obtaining offensive armaments.1943, Hubert Freyn, Free China's New Deal, New York: Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 63:
- Because it brings supplies to the Assam Valley airfields, whence they can be flown over the "Hump" to Kunming, it is a vital part of our only link with China.1944 April 24, “Trouble in Burma”, in Life, volume 16, number 17, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 1:
Forms of Kunming
| alternative form | K'un-ming |
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Origin of Kunming
Borrowed from Mandarin 昆明 (Kūnmíng).
Words formed from Kunming
Phrases with Kunming
Words that rhyme with Kunming
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- sling
- bring
- jing
- ding
- cling
- unstring
- ming
- bing
- ching
- fingerling
- something
- zing
- Byng
- Beijing
- bling
- cha-ching
- ling
- Peking
- peng ting
- Singh
- thring
- Tring
- upswing
- abstinence ring
- aswing
- awing
- badelynge
- bering
- Chongqing
- conserving
- ging
- hang gliding
- hing
- ing
- Jingning
- Jining
- ka-ching
- kerching
- mis-sing
- morphling
- pling
- png
- qing
- Southern Ming
- submitting
- tang ping
- ting
- tinkering
Questions about Kunming
- What does Kunming mean?
- Kunming means a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Yunnan, in southwestern China.
- What is Kunming in Hindi?
- Kunming in Hindi is कुनमिंग (kunmiṅg). See Kunming meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use Kunming in a sentence?
- The 960-mile road from Kunming to Lashio was a vast engineering feat and, after the outbreak of the Pacific war, China’s main hope for obtaining offensive armaments.
- What part of speech is Kunming?
- Kunming is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Kunming?
- Kunming is pronounced /kʊnˈmɪŋ/.
Words near Kunming in the dictionary
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