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Shennongjia

Syllables: Shen·nong·jia

Shennongjia proper noun: a forestry district in western Hubei, China.

Proper noun

Shennongjia

  1. A forestry district in western Hubei, China.
    • The area is the Shennungchia in Hupeh province, the mountainous region with the highest peak in central China, Patungya, reaching 10,000 feet. It is called the "natural botanical garden" and is on a watershed separating the Yangtse and Hanshui rivers, where the waters race through deep ravines...[1978 June 10, A. G. Mervyn Madge, “The potential of plants in remote China”, in Chemist & Druggist, Benn Publications Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 960, column 1
    • He has acted in only two East-West movies: a deep-sea epic funded by a Chinese billionaire with a predominantly foreign cast, and a bigfoot movie shot in Shennongjia, a mountainous region in Hubei Province, where there have been hundreds of purported bigfoot sightings.2016 July 14, Mitch Moxley, “The American Who Accidentally Became a Chinese Movie Star”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2016

Shennongjia meaning in Urdu and Vietnamese

Shennongjia in Urdu

forestry district in central China
شینونگجیا

Shennongjia in Vietnamese

forestry district in central China
Thần Nông Giá

Forms of Shennongjia

alternative formShen-nung-chia
alternative formShên-nung-chia
alternative formShennungchia

Origin of Shennongjia

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 神農架 /神农架 (Shénnóngjià).

Questions about Shennongjia

What does Shennongjia mean?
Shennongjia means a forestry district in western Hubei, China.
What is Shennongjia in Urdu?
Shennongjia in Urdu is شینونگجیا. See Shennongjia meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is Shennongjia?
Shennongjia is a proper noun.

Words near Shennongjia in the dictionary

  1. Shenks
  2. shenkui
  3. Shenley
  4. Shenley Church End
  5. Shenmu
  6. Shennongjia
  7. Shenoah
  8. Shenouda
  9. Shenoudas
  10. Shenoy
  11. Shenoys

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