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Yong'an

Syllables: Yong·an

Yong'an proper noun: a county-level city of Sanming, Fujian, China, formerly a county.

Proper noun

Yong'an

  1. A county-level city of Sanming, Fujian, China, formerly a county.
    • Amid the upsurge to seriously study, publicize, and implement the spirit of the Fifth NPC, Yungan County has mobilized the whole party and secretaries to take action. Proceeding from assisting the production teams in formulating "plans 1 year in advance," they have quickly restored and implemented...[1978 April 13 [1978 April 10], “Fukien County Implements Rural Economic Policies”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 72, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced...
    • In Yong’an county, Fujian province, fiberboard is produced from waste lumber.1982 June, Wu Dongyan, “The Furniture Industry”, in China Reconstructs [中国建设], volume XXXI, number 6, Beijing: China Welfare Institute, →OCLC, page 49

Forms of Yong'an

alternative formYung-an

Origin of Yong'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永安 (Yǒng'ān).

Questions about Yong'an

What does Yong'an mean?
Yong'an means a county-level city of Sanming, Fujian, China, formerly a county.
What part of speech is Yong'an?
Yong'an is a proper noun.

Words near Yong'an in the dictionary

  1. yong bells
  2. yong tao foo
  3. yong tau foo
  4. yong tau fu
  5. yong tofu
  6. Yong'an
  7. Yongan
  8. yongchak
  9. Yongchang
  10. Yongcheng
  11. Yongchuan

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