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Puyang

Syllables: Pu·yang

Puyang proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Henan, China.

Proper noun

Puyang

  1. A prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
    • 3. Puyang County is abolished and Puyang City is established to be under the direct leadership of the province. Neihuang, Hua, Qingfeng, Nanle, Changyuan, Fan and Taiqian Counties of Anyang Prefecture are put under the jurisdiction of Puyang City.1983 November 3 [1983 October 27], “State Council Approves Administrative Changes”, in Daily Report: China, number 214, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing XINHUA Domestic...
    • It’s in poor places like Puyang that the ruling Communist party’s battle to narrow China’s yawning wealth gap will be won or lost.
      Many residents of this county town about six hours’ drive south of Beijing say their lives have improved thanks to tax cuts and increased spending on education, medical...2008 January 17, Liangi Chiang, “Corruption blurs China's goal of harmonious society”, in Alan Wheatley, Megan Goldin, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2020, Business News
  2. A county of Puyang, Henan, China.
    • 3. Puyang County is abolished and Puyang City is established to be under the direct leadership of the province.1983 November 3 [1983 October 27], “State Council Approves Administrative Changes”, in Daily Report: China, number 214, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing XINHUA Domestic...

Forms of Puyang

alternative formP'u-yang

Origin of Puyang

From Mandarin 濮陽 /濮阳 (Púyáng).

Questions about Puyang

What does Puyang mean?
Puyang means a prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
What part of speech is Puyang?
Puyang is a proper noun.

Words near Puyang in the dictionary

  1. Puy lentils
  2. Puy-de-Dôme
  3. puya
  4. Puyallup
  5. Puyallups
  6. Puyang
  7. Puyanic
  8. puyas
  9. Puyoo
  10. puys
  11. Puyuma

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