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Yongshan

Syllables: Yong·shan/jɔŋ.ʃæn/

Yongshan proper noun: a county of Zhaotong, Yunnan, China.

Proper noun

Yongshan

  1. A county of Zhaotong, Yunnan, China.
    • The party committee of Yungshan County wanted 500 militiamen from five slightly affected communes to bring relief materials to the seriously struck communes.[1974 June 5 [1974 June 4], “Szechwan, Yunnan Earthquake-Stricken Areas Begin Rebuilding”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 109, Foreign Broadcast Information Service...
    • A STRONG EARTHQUAKE of 7.1 magnitude struck the high mountains and deep valleys in southwest China at 03.25 hours on May 11, 1974. Five counties, Yungshan, Takuan, Yenchin and Suichiang in Yunnan province and Leipo county in Szechuan province, were affected.[…]
      Travelling with the delegation, I...[1974 September, Kao Shang, “After an Earthquake”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXIII, number 9, Peking: China Welfare Institute, →OCLC, page 6

Origin of Yongshan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 永善 (Yǒngshàn).

Questions about Yongshan

What does Yongshan mean?
Yongshan means a county of Zhaotong, Yunnan, China.
What part of speech is Yongshan?
Yongshan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Yongshan?
Yongshan is pronounced /jɔŋ.ʃæn/.

Words near Yongshan in the dictionary

  1. Yongnian
  2. Yongning
  3. Yongqing
  4. Yongs
  5. Yongsan
  6. Yongshan
  7. Yongsheng
  8. Yongshou
  9. Yongshu
  10. Yongshun
  11. Yongtai

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