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Xunyang

Syllables: Xun·yang

Xunyang proper noun: a county-level city of Ankang, Shaanxi, China, formerly a county.

Proper noun

Xunyang

  1. A county-level city of Ankang, Shaanxi, China, formerly a county.
    • In (Chialu) commune, Hsunyang County, the summer grain procurement quota has been overfulfilled. In addition, 66 production teams in the commune have put grain aside for reserves.[1971 July 15 [1971 July 13], “Shensi Peasants Fulfill Farm Procurement Quotas”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 136, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sian...
    • Minghsing Brigade of Changsha Commune in Hsunyang County, Shensi Province, has encouraged amateur literary and art activities for about a decade.[1973, “New Upsurge of Mass Literature and Art”, in Chinese Literature, number 7, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 104

Examples of Xunyang in a sentence

  • In March 1993, for example, police attacked a religious meeting in Taoyuan village in Shaanxi Province’s Xunyang County.1994, Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, →ISBN...
  • Streets and buildings were submerged by floodwaters in Xunyang in northwestern China on September 28, 2021, after heavy torrential rains lashed the area in Shaanxi province.2021 September 29, Carol Mang, “More than 7,000 people forced to flee floods in city of Xunyang in northwestern China”, in South China...

Origin of Xunyang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 旬陽 /旬阳.

Questions about Xunyang

What does Xunyang mean?
Xunyang means a county-level city of Ankang, Shaanxi, China, formerly a county.
How do you use Xunyang in a sentence?
In March 1993, for example, police attacked a religious meeting in Taoyuan village in Shaanxi Province’s Xunyang County.
What part of speech is Xunyang?
Xunyang is a proper noun.

Words near Xunyang in the dictionary

  1. Xumi
  2. xun
  3. Xunantunich
  4. Xunhua
  5. xuns
  6. Xunyang
  7. Xunyi
  8. Xunzian
  9. xus
  10. Xuthus
  11. xutuli

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