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Weinan

Weinan proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China.

Proper noun

Weinan

  1. A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China.
    • Shuang-wang is situated on the rich loess of the Wei River valley near the city of Weinan in Shensi Province.1977, Andrew Watson, Living in China, Totowa, NJ: Littlefield, Adams & Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 66
    • When he assumed his duties as imperial agent, one of those who came to pay him a courtesy visit was Chao Chun-jui, the Moslem merchant from Weinan County in Shensi who had bought a large part of the jade sold by Kao P’u’s predecessor, Ma Hsing-a.1977, Preston M. Torbert, The Chʻing Imperial Household Department: a Study of its Organization and Principal Functions, 1662-1796, Harvard University Press, →OCLC, page 146

Origin of Weinan

From Mandarin 渭南 (Wèinán).

Questions about Weinan

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

Words near Weinan in the dictionary

  1. Weimars
  2. Weimer
  3. Weimerica
  4. Weimers
  5. wein
  6. Weinan
  7. Weinand
  8. Weinands
  9. Weinberg
  10. Weinberger
  11. weinbergerite

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