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Pingyuan

Syllables: Ping·yuan

Pingyuan proper noun: a former province in China. Capital: Xinxiang.

Proper noun (1)

Pingyuan

  1. (historical) A former province in China. Capital: Xinxiang.
    • The North China Government was absorbed by the central government when it was formed in October 1949, but just prior to that time (in August 1949) Pingyuan Province was formed with its capital in Hsin-hsiang (in present-day north Honan).1971, Donald W. Klein, Anne B. Clark, “Han Che-i”, in Biographic Dictionary of Chinese Communism 1921-1965 (Harvard East Asian Series), volume I, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press...
  2. A county of Dezhou, Shandong, China.

Proper noun (2)

Pingyuan

  1. A county of Meizhou, Guangdong, China.
    • Party organizations at all levels in Pingyuan County have grasped the strengthening of rural management cadres training as a major link in doing a good job of management, thus raising the correct thinking of the cadres, raising their professional level and promoting the implementation of the...
    • This situation was all the more serious when the gang of four were running rampant. As a result of the struggle to expose and criticize the gang of four, party organizations at all levels in Pingyuan County have understood that strengthening training for management cadres and helping them smash...1978 April 28 [1978 April 23], “Kwangtung County Trains Management Cadres”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 83, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from...

Origin of Pingyuan

From Mandarin 平原 (Píngyuán).

From Mandarin 平遠 /平远 (Píngyuǎn).

Questions about Pingyuan

What does Pingyuan mean?
Pingyuan means a former province in China. Capital: Xinxiang.
What part of speech is Pingyuan?
Pingyuan is a proper noun.

Words near Pingyuan in the dictionary

  1. pingy
  2. Pingyang
  3. pingyangmycin
  4. Pingyao
  5. Pingyu
  6. Pingyuan
  7. Pingzhen
  8. pinhead
  9. pinhead oatmeal
  10. pinheaded
  11. pinheadedness

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