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Shangjie

Shangjie proper noun: a district of Zhengzhou, Henan, China.

Proper noun

Shangjie

  1. A district of Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
    • After 1956, insofar as published accounts are concerned, archaeological work at the Shang sites in Cheng-chou became less intensive though still persistent. The only accounts have dealt with excavations at Shang-chieh 上街 in 1957-59,¹⁵¹ Ming-kung-lu West in 1965,¹⁵² a palace foundation site in 1973...[1980, Kwang-chih Chang, “Prolegomena: Five Doors to Shang”, in Shang Civilization, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 54
    • Shangjie District, known as the "capital of aluminum", is situated in the economic golden triangle in the Central Plains. It is 37 km to the west of Zhengzhou City and the first industrial satellite town of Zhengzhou City[…]1999, 中国新兴城市: 河南卷, volume 2, 新华出版社 [Xinhua], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 20, column 2

Examples of Shangjie in a sentence

  • On the 18th of November 2003, China Aluminum Company Henan Branch held a foundation ceremony solemnly at Shangjie District of Zhengzhou, called the Aluminium City of China.2005, Aluminium, volume 81, numbers 7-12, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 674:
  • A cousin of his was a bank manager in the Shangjie area of Zhengzhou, and in the early 1980s Zhang went there in search of work opportunities.2005 [2000], Jinqing Cao, “An economically important town — Chenliu”, in Nicky Harman, Huang Ruhua, transl., China Along the Yellow River...

Origin of Shangjie

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 上街 (Shàngjiē).

Questions about Shangjie

What does Shangjie mean?
Shangjie means a district of Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
How do you use Shangjie in a sentence?
On the 18th of November 2003, China Aluminum Company Henan Branch held a foundation ceremony solemnly at Shangjie District of Zhengzhou, called the Aluminium City of China.
What part of speech is Shangjie?
Shangjie is a proper noun.

Words near Shangjie in the dictionary

  1. Shanghang
  2. Shanghuan
  3. shangie
  4. shangies
  5. Shangjao
  6. Shangjie
  7. Shangjing Longquanfu
  8. Shangli
  9. Shangluo
  10. Shangnan
  11. Shango

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