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Ning'an

Syllables: Ning·an

Ning'an proper noun: a county-level city of Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China, located on Mudan (Hurha) river, not far from Mudanjiang city.

Proper noun

Ning'an

  1. A county-level city of Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China, located on Mudan (Hurha) river, not far from Mudanjiang city
    • Hundreds of enraged parents whose children were killed in a flash flood in Heilongjiang province blocked the main roads of Ningan city yesterday, demanding a full investigation into the tragedy.[2005 June 13, Shi Jiangtao, “200 pupils dead in flooding, parents claim”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2024
    Synonyms:
    Ningguta

Synonyms of Ning'an

Forms of Ning'an

alternative formNingan

Origin of Ning'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 寧安 /宁安 (Níng'ān).

Questions about Ning'an

What does Ning'an mean?
Ning'an means a county-level city of Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China, located on Mudan (Hurha) river, not far from Mudanjiang city.
What part of speech is Ning'an?
Ning'an is a proper noun.

Words near Ning'an in the dictionary

  1. Ninevitish
  2. Ninewells
  3. Ning
  4. ning nong
  5. ning nongs
  6. Ning'an
  7. Ning-hsia
  8. ning-nong
  9. ning-nongs
  10. Ning-Po
  11. Ning-te

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