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Wuwei

Syllables: Wu·wei

Wuwei proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.

Proper noun (1)

Wuwei

  1. A prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.
    • Now this old-new part of China is having a boom. Building is going on apace in the cities of Wuwei, Changyeh, and Kiuchuan of the Corridor.1945 June, Walter C. Lowdermilk, “China Fights Erosion with U. S. Aid”, in National Geographic Magazine, volume LXXXVII, number 6, Washington, D.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 663, column 2
    • But halfway back, he learned that there had been a change in dynasties and decided he would be better off staying where he was. And so Lu Kuang set up his own Silk Road kingdom at Wuwei in the middle of the Kansu Corridor.2016, Bill Porter, The Silk Road: Taking the Bus to Pakistan, Counterpoint, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172

Proper noun (2)

Wuwei

  1. A county-level city of Wuhu, Anhui, China.
    • The broad revolutionary masses of Wuwei County, Anhwei, with high class consciousness, have been and continue to do a fine job in preparing themselves ideologically, organizationally, and materially to fight against flooding to insure the safety of the great Wuwei embankment.1969 July 11 [1969 July 9], “Anhwei Prepares for Yangtze River Flooding”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 133, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Hofei Anhwei...
    • Two children walk on a flooded playground at a school in Wuwei county, east China's Anhui province August 28, 2007.2007 August 29, “Predictions off for global warming flood risk”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2023, Pictures

Origin of Wuwei

From Mandarin 武威 (Wǔwēi).

From Mandarin 無為 /无为 (Wúwéi).

Questions about Wuwei

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

Words near Wuwei in the dictionary

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  2. WUVGA
  3. wuving
  4. wuvs
  5. wuvz
  6. Wuwei
  7. wuweizidilactone
  8. wuweizisu
  9. Wuwuchim
  10. WUXGA
  11. Wuxi

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