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P'ing-yao

P'ing-yao is the alternative form of Pingyao.

Meaning of Pingyao

Proper noun

Pingyao

  1. A county of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China.
    • IN the Province of Xanſi, near to Pingiao, is a great Fall of Water, which makes ſuch a noiſe, that it is heard ſome miles diſtant.[1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 236

Origin of P'ing-yao

From Mandarin 平遙 /平遥 (Píngyáo) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻing²-yao².

Questions about P'ing-yao

What is P'ing-yao the alternative form of?
P'ing-yao is the alternative form of Pingyao.

Words near P'ing-yao in the dictionary

  1. P'ing-shun
  2. P'ing-t'an
  3. P'ing-ting
  4. P'ing-ting-shan
  5. P'ing-tung
  6. P'ing-yao
  7. P'ing-yü
  8. p'int
  9. p'ints
  10. p'lice
  11. P'que

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