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Shadang

Shadang proper noun: a residential community in Chenjiagang, Xiangshui, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China, formerly a village.

Proper noun

Shadang

  1. A residential community in Chenjiagang, Xiangshui, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China, formerly a village.
    • Gao Congbiao, from Shadang village 6km away from the plant, had been working on his land when he saw a “big fireball exploding into wild flames” and said the “earth-shattering” blast had left his home and farmland seriously damaged.2019 March 23, Sidney Leng, Zhuang Pinghui, “Chinese chemical plant survivors relive horror of ‘earth-shattering’ blast”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2019

Forms of Shadang

alternative formShatang
alternative formSha-tang

Origin of Shadang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 沙蕩/沙荡 (Shādàng).

Questions about Shadang

What does Shadang mean?
Shadang means a residential community in Chenjiagang, Xiangshui, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China, formerly a village.
What part of speech is Shadang?
Shadang is a proper noun.

Words near Shadang in the dictionary

  1. shad-spirits
  2. shad-waiter
  3. shad-waiters
  4. shadable
  5. Shadamy
  6. Shadang
  7. shadbellies
  8. shadbelly
  9. shadberries
  10. shadberry
  11. shadbird

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