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Yenan

Yenan 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

Questions about Yenan

What is Yenan the alternative form of?
Yenan is the alternative form of Yan'an.

Words near Yenan in the dictionary

  1. Yen-tze
  2. Yen-tzu
  3. Yenagoa
  4. Yenakiyeve
  5. Yenakiyevo
  6. Yenan
  7. Yenangyaung
  8. yenap
  9. yenaps
  10. Yenbo
  11. Yench

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Yenan (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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