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Yen-an

Yen-an is the alternative form of Yan'an.

Meaning of Yan'an

Proper noun

Yan'an

  1. A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China.
    • Upon receiving intelligence reports about the massing of enemy paratroopers, General Peng Dehuai posted a defence regiment at Yan'an airfield, and requested that Mao leave Yan'an as soon as possible.1992, Yanchi (权延赤) Quan, “Mao Enjoys a Challenge”, in Wang Wenjiong, transl., edited by Gale Hadfield, 走下神坛的毛泽东 [Mao Zedong: Man, Not God], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, published 1996, →ISBN...
    Synonyms:
    Fushih

Origin of Yen-an

From Mandarin 延安 (Yán'ān) Wade–Giles romanization: Yen²-an¹.

Questions about Yen-an

What is Yen-an the alternative form of?
Yen-an is the alternative form of Yan'an.

Words near Yen-an in the dictionary

  1. yen pok
  2. yen poks
  3. yen she
  4. yen shee
  5. yen sleep
  6. Yen-an
  7. Yen-ch'eng
  8. Yen-ching
  9. yen-hock
  10. yen-hocks
  11. yen-hok

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Yen-an (page history and authors); Yan'an (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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