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Weifang

Weifang proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Shandong, in northeastern China.

Proper noun

Weifang

  1. A prefecture-level city of Shandong, in northeastern China.
    • The haste with which marriages are contracted by young people who are experimenting for the first time with unobstructed choice of mates is typified by such a current remark as that which Tzu Chi reports from Weifang, Shantung: “First let’s go to the movies and then let’s get married.”1959, Ruth Nanda Anshen, The Family: Its Function and Destiny, Rev. edition, New York: Harper & Brothers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 160
    • Weifang officials knew the policy meant trouble for them. China has other concentrations of Falun Gong believers, such as in the northeast. But those areas are remote from the capital. Weifang is located just three hundred miles southeast of Beijing, making it easy for protesters to travel to the...2004, Ian Johnson, Wild Grass, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 282
    Synonyms:
    Weihsien

Examples of Weifang in a sentence

  • Weifang officials knew the policy meant trouble for them.2004, Ian Johnson, Wild Grass, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 282:
  • The wide new boulevards that cut across parts of Weifang in eastern China are largely free of traffic, a quiet reminder of the coastal city’s big ambitions.2015 August 6, Neil Gough, Cao Li, “As China Reduces Local Spending, Cities Woo Private Investors”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Synonyms of Weifang

Forms of Weifang

alternative formWei-fang

Origin of Weifang

From Mandarin 濰坊 /潍坊 (Wéifāng).

Questions about Weifang

What does Weifang mean?
Weifang means a prefecture-level city of Shandong, in northeastern China.
How do you use Weifang in a sentence?
Weifang officials knew the policy meant trouble for them.
What part of speech is Weifang?
Weifang is a proper noun.

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