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Taikang

Syllables: Tai·kang

Taikang proper noun: a county of Zhoukou, Henan, China.

Proper noun

Taikang

  1. A county of Zhoukou, Henan, China.
    • To the east of Chu-hsien Chen some scores of villages in Tʻung-hsü Hsien were covered with ten feet of water from a branch which afterwards followed the channel of the Chʻing-kang River and inundated Tʻai-kang and Lu-i Hsien.[1887 November 24 [1887 November 9], A CORRESPONDENT, “THE YELLOW RIVER.”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume XXXIX, number 1060, Shanghai, sourced from Peking, →OCLC...
    • T'ien was a Shun-chih period chin-shih who received highest rating for his performance as magistrate of T'ai-k'ang county in Honan, and was subsequently appointed to a series of capital posts, including Vice Censor-in-chief, and Jr. Vice Minister of Works.[1985, Thomas Carl Bartlett, Ku Yen-wu's Response to "the Demise of Human Society", Princeton University, →OCLC, page 83

Origin of Taikang

From Mandarin 太康 (Tàikāng).

Questions about Taikang

What does Taikang mean?
Taikang means a county of Zhoukou, Henan, China.
What part of speech is Taikang?
Taikang is a proper noun.

Words near Taikang in the dictionary

  1. taijin kyofusho
  2. taijiquan
  3. taijitu
  4. taijutsu
  5. taikan game
  6. Taikang
  7. taikanite
  8. taikhana
  9. taikhanas
  10. taiko
  11. taikonaut

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