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Suiyuan

Suiyuan proper noun: a former province of China, now part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Proper noun

Suiyuan

  1. (historical) A former province of China, now part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
    • In the first instance, then, the Inner Mongolian princes of Chahar and Suiyuan turned a deaf ear to the blandishments of Japan’s agents. Instead they made capital of Japanese pressure by seeking political concessions at Nanking.1938, T. A. Bisson, Japan in China, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 62
    • The critical state of military affairs has increased the importance of Peiping as the government’s headquarters in north China. Not long ago, General Fu Tso-yi was appointed Commander of a new North China Communist Suppression Headquarters, with its center here, to direct and control all military...1963, A. Doak Barnett, China on the Eve of Communist Takeover, Frederick A. Praeger, page 28

Forms of Suiyuan

alternative formSui-yuan

Origin of Suiyuan

From Mandarin 綏遠/绥远 (Suíyuǎn).

Questions about Suiyuan

What does Suiyuan mean?
Suiyuan means a former province of China, now part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
What part of speech is Suiyuan?
Suiyuan is a proper noun.

Words near Suiyuan in the dictionary

  1. Suitt
  2. Suitts
  3. suivante
  4. suivantes
  5. Suiyang
  6. Suiyuan
  7. Suizhong
  8. Suizhou
  9. Suizo
  10. Sujata
  11. Sujatha

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