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Qin'an

Syllables: Qin·an/ˈt͡ʃɪnˈɑn/

Qin'an proper noun: a county of Tianshui, Gansu, in northwestern China.

Proper noun

Qin'an

  1. A county of Tianshui, Gansu, in northwestern China.
    • Likewise, the magistrate of Ch’in-an county in Kansu thought it by no means unreasonable from the fiscal point of view to report in 1535 so disproportionate a population as one of 12,424 males and 6,099 females.[1959, Ping-ti Ho, “The Nature of Ming Population Data”, in Studies on the Population of China, 1368-1953, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page iv, 12
    • In 1967, 17 bronzes of the Chin Dynasty¹ (221-207 B.C.) were excavated at Shangyuanchia, Chinan County.[1972, Hsin-wen Lan, “Finds from Kansu”, in 中国新出土文物 [New Archaeological Finds in China: Discoveries During the Cultural Revolution], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 30

Origin of Qin'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 秦安 (Qín'ān).

Questions about Qin'an

What does Qin'an mean?
Qin'an means a county of Tianshui, Gansu, in northwestern China.
What part of speech is Qin'an?
Qin'an is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Qin'an?
Qin'an is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɪnˈɑn/.

Words near Qin'an in the dictionary

  1. Qimen
  2. qin
  3. Qin Mountains
  4. Qin script
  5. qin tan
  6. Qin'an
  7. qinah
  8. Qinbei
  9. qindar
  10. qindarka
  11. qindarkas

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