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Suchan

Suchan proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun (1)

Suchan (plural Suchans)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2)

Suchan

  1. Synonym of Partizansk.
    • The agreement therefore transferred an 836-verst line connecting Khabarovsk to Vladivostok, to the C.E.R., with branches from Nikolsk-Ussuriiski [Ussuriisk] to the Manchurian frontier. The C. E. R., was also to manage the Suchan²³ branch line (74 verst), and wharfs on the Amur River at Khabarovsk...1966 [1957], Михаил Иосифович Сладковский, “Economic Relations of Tsarist Russia with China in the Age of Imperialism”, in M. Roublev, transl., edited by G. Grause, History of Economic Relations...
    • The town "Suchan" has been renamed "Partizansk" (meaning town of guerrillas) and the "North Suchan" workers' settlement renamed the "Uglekamensk" (meaning coal) workers' settlement. This place (namely Suchan) was referred to in a record in 1811 (the 16th year of the rule of Chiaching) in volume 8...1973 March 7 [1973 March 7], “NCNA Condemns New Soviet Place Names in Far East”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 45, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    Partizansk

Examples of Suchan in a sentence

  • The town "Suchan" has been renamed "Partizansk" (meaning town of guerrillas) and the "North Suchan" workers' settlement renamed the "Uglekamensk" (meaning coal) workers' settlement.1973 March 7 [1973 March 7], “NCNA Condemns New Soviet Place Names in Far East”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I...
  • By 1919 partisan activities were concentrated along the railway to the coal mining settlement of Suchan (Ch., Sucheng 蘇城).2021, Ed Pulford, “On Frontiers and Fronts: Bandits, Partisans, and Manchuria’s Borders, 1900–1949”, in Modern China, volume 47, number 5...

Synonyms of Suchan

Forms of Suchan

pluralSuchans

Origin of Suchan

Borrowed from Czech Suchan or Polish Suchan.

From Russian Сучан (Sučan).

Questions about Suchan

What does Suchan mean?
Suchan means a surname.
How do you use Suchan in a sentence?
The town "Suchan" has been renamed "Partizansk" (meaning town of guerrillas) and the "North Suchan" workers' settlement renamed the "Uglekamensk" (meaning coal) workers' settlement.
What part of speech is Suchan?
Suchan is a proper noun.

Words near Suchan in the dictionary

  1. such or such
  2. such that
  3. such-and-such
  4. such-and-suches
  5. such-like
  6. Suchan
  7. Suchans
  8. suche
  9. Sucheng
  10. Sucher
  11. Suchers

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