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Shen-yang

Shen-yang is the alternative form of Shenyang.

Meaning of Shenyang

Proper noun

Shenyang

  1. A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Liaoning, in northeastern China.
    • The northeastern city of Shenyang has become one of the country's chief machine building centers and plants there include one for making pneumatic mining tools and three for various types of machine tools. Also in Shenyang is a new plant that builds blast furnaces and openhearths, with the...1958 August 7, Robert Westgate, “China's Industrial Target: To Overtake Britain in 15 Years”, in The Iron Age, volume 182, number 6, page 43
    Synonyms:
    Mukden, Moukden

Origin of Shen-yang

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 瀋陽 /沈阳 (Shên³-yang²).

Questions about Shen-yang

What is Shen-yang the alternative form of?
Shen-yang is the alternative form of Shenyang.

Words near Shen-yang in the dictionary

  1. shen ring
  2. shen rings
  3. Shen-hsi
  4. Shen-Kan-Ning
  5. Shen-nung-chia
  6. Shen-yang
  7. shenachie
  8. shenachies
  9. shenai
  10. shenais
  11. Shenandoah

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