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Yantai

Syllables: Yan·tai

Yantai proper noun: a coastal prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong, China.

Proper noun

Yantai

  1. A coastal prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong, China.
    • In September, the largest factory in Yantai, a coastal city in northeastern China, called on the local government with a problem — a shortage of 19,000 workers as the deadline on a big order approached.2013 January 7, “Students by Millions Fill Labor Gap in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2013, Global Business
    • It’s the time of early spring in Yantai, the central city on the Shandong Peninsula. The trees are quietly stretching new branches and sprouting fresh green buds, spreading out the turquoise of cyan on the piece of the land.2022 May 12, “Yantai, a Fairyland in the Spring Breeze”, in EFE, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2022
    Synonyms:
    Chefoo
  2. (historical) Zhifu, a former village in northeastern Shandong, China, which grew into modern Yantai.
  3. A village in the township of Haidao, Xiapu County in the prefecture-level city of Ningde, Fujian, China.

Yantai meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese

Yantai in Arabic

a city of China
يَانْتَاي yantay

Yantai in Vietnamese

a city of China
Yên Đài

Synonyms of Yantai

Forms of Yantai

alternative formYen-tai
alternative formYen-t’ai

Origin of Yantai

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 煙臺 /烟台 (Yāntái, “smoke tower”), from a Ming-era signal tower on Mount Qi.

Questions about Yantai

What does Yantai mean?
Yantai means a coastal prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong, China.
What is Yantai in Arabic?
Yantai in Arabic is يَانْتَاي (yantay). See Yantai meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Yantai?
Yantai is a proper noun.

Words near Yantai in the dictionary

  1. Yanshuei
  2. Yanshui
  3. Yant
  4. Yanta
  5. Yantabulla
  6. Yantai
  7. Yantarne
  8. Yantis
  9. Yantises
  10. yantra
  11. yantras

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