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Yuanjiang

Syllables: Yuan·jiang

Yuanjiang proper noun: a county-level city of Yiyang, Hunan, China, along the Yuan River.

Proper noun (1)

Yuanjiang

  1. A county-level city of Yiyang, Hunan, China, along the Yuan River.
    • AN advanced fishing village in learning from the Tachai Brigade, the Kuanchushan Production Brigade of Wantzuhu Commune in Yuanchiang County lies on Tungting Lake in central China's Hunan Province.[1971, Peking Review, volume 14, →OCLC, page 17
    • In the eyes of many Chinese, the boy was a heartless criminal who deserved to be punished. But in China, where the minimum age of criminal responsibility is 14, he could not be held legally responsible. The boy was released by the authorities in the town of Yuanjiang, in Hunan Province, with no...2018 December 14, Amy Qin, “12-Year-Old in China Kills His Mother, Then Returns to School, Igniting an Outcry”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2018, Asia...
  2. Synonym of Yuan River.
    • The famous General Chuang Ch'iao was sent by Wei Wang up the Yuan Chiang in Hu-nan with an army.[1954, Herold J. Wiens, “The history of South Chinese tribal movements and migrations”, in Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 127
    Synonyms:
    Yuan River

Proper noun (2)

Yuanjiang

  1. Synonym of Red River.
    Synonyms:
    Red River

Examples of Yuanjiang in a sentence

  • The boy was released by the authorities in the town of Yuanjiang, in Hunan Province, with no conditions.2018 December 14, Amy Qin, “12-Year-Old in China Kills His Mother, Then Returns to School, Igniting an Outcry”, in The New York Times...
  • The hot days had been accumulating over the past few weeks, with Yuanjiang in Hunan province having exceeded 95 degrees (35 Celsius) for 22 straight days as of Friday.2023 April 17, Dan Stillman, “Historic Asia heat breaks hundreds of records, with extremes in Thailand and China”, in The Washington Post...

Synonyms of Yuanjiang

Forms of Yuanjiang

alternative formYüan-chiang

Origin of Yuanjiang

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 沅江 (Yuánjiāng, “Yuan River”).

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 元江 (Yuán Jiāng, literally “First River”).

Words formed from Yuanjiang

Questions about Yuanjiang

What does Yuanjiang mean?
Yuanjiang means a county-level city of Yiyang, Hunan, China, along the Yuan River.
How do you use Yuanjiang in a sentence?
The boy was released by the authorities in the town of Yuanjiang, in Hunan Province, with no conditions.
What part of speech is Yuanjiang?
Yuanjiang is a proper noun.

Words near Yuanjiang in the dictionary

  1. Yuanan
  2. yuanbao
  3. yuanfuliite
  4. Yuanga
  5. Yuanhui
  6. Yuanjiang
  7. yuanjiangite
  8. Yuanli
  9. Yuanlin
  10. Yuanping
  11. Yuanqu

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