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Suining

Syllables: Sui·ning

Suining proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.

Proper noun (1)

Suining

  1. A prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.
    • These dear Friends entertained and instructed us by an account of their educational and medical work among the Chinese at Suining Sze-chwan, where it was the good fortune of the writer to spend several days two years ago, when visiting the Missions of English Friends in that distant land.1917 June 28, “POCONO NOTES”, in The Friend, volume 90, number 53, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 630
    • Chen’s lawyer, Zheng Jianwei, said the court in Suining, a city in Sichuan province, found Chen guilty of the charge of “inciting subversion of state power” by writing essays critical of the government.2011 December 23, Sui-Lee Wee, Chris Buckley, “China dissident jailed for 9 years for "subversive" essays”, in Ron Popeski, Ed Lane, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022, World...

Proper noun (2)

Suining

  1. A county of Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
    • These programs have thus been revised or revoked at times, depending on public reception. For instance, Suining County in Jiangsu Province was one of the first local governments to roll out a grading system for its residents, giving them an A through D mark. It sparked heated debates.2018 November 29, Bing Song, “The West may be wrong about China’s social credit system”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2022

Forms of Suining

alternative formSui-ning

Origin of Suining

From Mandarin 遂寧 /遂宁 (Suìníng).

From Mandarin 睢寧 /睢宁.

Questions about Suining

What does Suining mean?
Suining means a prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.
What part of speech is Suining?
Suining is a proper noun.

Words near Suining in the dictionary

  1. suing
  2. suing one's livery
  3. suing out
  4. suingly
  5. suings
  6. Suining
  7. suint
  8. suints
  9. Suio-Gothic
  10. Suiping
  11. suipoxvirus

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