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Yicheng

Syllables: Yi·cheng

Yicheng proper noun: a county-level city of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.

Proper noun (1)

Yicheng

  1. A county-level city of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
    • In order to greet the great strategic fighting task of getting the whole party mobilized, making ever greater efforts to develop agriculture and striving to build Tachai-type counties everywhere, with the commune as the unit, Yicheng County has recently held training courses for party members.1975 November 13 [1975 November 5], “Hupeh County Trains Party Members on Tachai”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 220, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced...
    • Yicheng City which is located within 31°27'N-31°54"N and 111°57'E-112°45'E in the Middle of Hubei Province [and] covers an area of 2,045 square kilometers.2013, Wenling Jiang, Yu He, “Space Distribution Pattern Research and Optimization Analysis of Rural Settlements in Yicheng City”, in Sustainable Cities Development and Environment Protection, →DOI...
  2. An economic and technological development zone in Yicheng, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.

Proper noun (2)

Yicheng

  1. A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
    • Mr. Liang proposed a pilot project in Shanxi, which was approved. That project, in rural Yicheng County, was carried out in secret for decades and ultimately showed that China’s birthrate would have declined naturally.2015 October 30, Edward Wong, “One-Child Rule Is Gone in China, but Trauma Lingers for Many”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2015, Asia Pacific
    • At least a dozen provinces in China are suffering from water scarcity. A villager in Yicheng county, Shanxi province, is seen here collecting rainwater.2020 December 17, Sidney Leng, “China trades rainwater for first time, but analysts say unstable trading system is far from being market-driven”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the...

Proper noun (3)

Yicheng

  1. A district of Zhumadian, Henan, China.

Forms of Yicheng

alternative formIcheng
alternative formI-ch'eng

Origin of Yicheng

From Mandarin 宜城 (Yíchéng).

From Mandarin 翼城 (Yìchéng).

From Mandarin 驛城／驿城 (Yìchéng).

Questions about Yicheng

What does Yicheng mean?
Yicheng means a county-level city of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
What part of speech is Yicheng?
Yicheng is a proper noun.

Words near Yicheng in the dictionary

  1. yibbum
  2. Yibin
  3. Yibit
  4. yibum
  5. Yichang
  6. Yicheng
  7. Yichuan
  8. yichud
  9. Yichun
  10. yichus
  11. yick

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