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Yanshan

Syllables: Yan·shan

Yanshan proper noun: a county of Wenshan prefecture, Yunnan, China.

Proper noun (1)

Yanshan

  1. A county of Wenshan prefecture, Yunnan, China.

Proper noun (2)

Yanshan

  1. A county of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China.

Proper noun (3)

Yanshan

  1. Synonym of Yan Mountains.
    • The geomorphology has been modified by the flow of Luanhe and several other major rivers which run through the Yanshan mountains and the plain to reach Bohai.1988, The Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976: An Anatomy of Disaster, Pergamon Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 3
    Synonyms:
    Yan Mountains

Synonyms of Yanshan

  • Yan Mountains

Origin of Yanshan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 硯山 /砚山 (Yànshān).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鉛山 /铅山 (Yánshān).

From Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 燕山 (Yānshān).

Questions about Yanshan

What does Yanshan mean?
Yanshan means a county of Wenshan prefecture, Yunnan, China.
What part of speech is Yanshan?
Yanshan is a proper noun.

Words near Yanshan in the dictionary

  1. Yanping
  2. Yanqing
  3. yanqui
  4. yanquis
  5. Yans
  6. Yanshan
  7. Yanshi
  8. Yanshuei
  9. Yanshui
  10. Yant
  11. Yanta

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