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Wenchuan

Syllables: Wen·chuan

Wenchuan proper noun: a county of Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan, China.

Proper noun

Wenchuan

  1. A county of Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan, China.
    • On the evening of March 6, Wenchuan was reached, and a fairly comfortable inn was found in which they made their headquarters for some time.1911, W. N. Ferguson, Adventure, Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →OCLC, page 87
    • At 2:28 p. m. on Monday, exactly a week after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Wenchuan, the 1.3-billion Chinese people stopped to observe three minutes in silence for the victims.2011, “Wenchuan And Yushu Quakes”, in 听听中国怎么说 [China Invites The World To Listen], Beijing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 271

Forms of Wenchuan

alternative formWên-ch'uan

Origin of Wenchuan

Borrowed from the Mandarin 汶川 (Wènchuān).

Questions about Wenchuan

What does Wenchuan mean?
Wenchuan means a county of Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan, China.
What part of speech is Wenchuan?
Wenchuan is a proper noun.

Words near Wenchuan in the dictionary

  1. wenchman
  2. wenchmen
  3. Wenchou
  4. Wenchow
  5. Wenchowese
  6. Wenchuan
  7. wenchy
  8. Wenck
  9. Wencks
  10. wend
  11. Wenda

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