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Sandouping

Syllables: San·dou·ping

Sandouping proper noun: a town in Yiling district, Yichang, Hubei, China.

Proper noun

Sandouping

  1. A town in Yiling district, Yichang, Hubei, China.
    • So it is not surprising that, in this century, China's leaders should dream of harnessing the river, taming its floods and turning its raw power into electricity. And now, near the small town of Sandouping at the mouth of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze, their dreams are slowly taking shape.1997 January 5, Zheng Nian, “A Flood of Troubles”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2022, Section 34, page 34
    • The rural dwellers who will be moved are scattered throughout 19 counties and municipalities, from Sandouping in Yichang Municipality, to Mudong Township in Ba County.1998, Dai Qing, translated by Yi Ming, edited by John G. Thibodeau and Philip B. Williams, The River Dragon has Come! The Three Gorges Dam and the Fate of China's Yangtze River and Its People, M. E....
  2. A residential community in Sandouping, Yiling district, Yichang, Hubei, China.

Forms of Sandouping

alternative formSan-tou-p'ing

Origin of Sandouping

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 三斗坪 (Sāndǒupíng).

Questions about Sandouping

What does Sandouping mean?
Sandouping means a town in Yiling district, Yichang, Hubei, China.
What part of speech is Sandouping?
Sandouping is a proper noun.

Words near Sandouping in the dictionary

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  6. Sandouping
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  8. Sandoval County
  9. Sandow
  10. Sandoway
  11. Sandown

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