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Maoping

Syllables: Mao·ping

Maoping proper noun: a town in Zigui, Yichang, Hubei, China.

Proper noun

Maoping

  1. A town in Zigui, Yichang, Hubei, China.
    • Zigui, home of the Qu Yuan temple, was the first town to be completely relocated when, in 1999, the residents moved downstream to Maoping, not far from the dam site.2002, Deirdre Chetham, “The Eve of the Flood”, in Before the Deluge: The Vanishing World of the Yangtze's Three Gorges, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 223

Forms of Maoping

alternative formMao-p'ing

Origin of Maoping

From Mandarin 茅坪 (Máopíng).

Questions about Maoping

What does Maoping mean?
Maoping means a town in Zigui, Yichang, Hubei, China.
What part of speech is Maoping?
Maoping is a proper noun.

Words near Maoping in the dictionary

  1. Maoming
  2. maon
  3. Maona
  4. Maonan
  5. maons
  6. Maoping
  7. Maor
  8. Maore
  9. Maori
  10. Maori dog
  11. Maori dogs

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