Yunnan
Syllables: Yun·nan/juː(n)ˈnɑːn/
Yunnan proper noun: a province in southwestern China, bordering Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam. Capital: Kunming.
Proper noun
Yunnan
- A province in southwestern China, bordering Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam. Capital: Kunming.
- Beſide theſe in the Province of Yunnan, which is very large, lying towards the South, in the latitude of 24 degrees, there is a great Countrie inhabited by a particular people, who uſe another language and other cuſtomes. They have a little King called by the Chineſſes, Thu Quon, a Mandarine of...1655, F. Alvarez Semedo, “Of the Moores, Jewes, and other Nations, that are in China”, in The History of That Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, E. Tyler, →OCLC, page 152
- On the South of this Province appears that of Junnang or Yunnan, divided into twelve Parts, whoſe chief Cities are, Yunnan the Capital of the whole Province ; Lingan ; Chinchian ; Cuivag ; Quanſi ; Juenkiam ; Chinyuen ; Xunnim ; Mumhoa ; Tali ; Chimtien ; Jummim : This Province is one of the...1701, Joan Luyts, Herman Moll, A System of Geography, Part the Second, London, →OCLC, page 48
Yunnan meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Arabic and Indonesian
Yunnan in Hindi
- a province in China
- युन्नान yunnān
Yunnan in Marathi
- a province in China
- युन्नान yunnān
Yunnan in Arabic
- a province in China
- يُنَّان yunnān
Yunnan in Indonesian
- a province in China
- Yunnan
More languagesFewer languages
- Yunnan in Thai
- มณฑลยูนนาน monton yoonnaan
- Yunnan in Vietnamese
- Vân Nam
- Yunnan in Myanmar
- ယူနန်ပြည်နယ် yunanpranynai
Examples of Yunnan in a sentence
- Of the eighteen provinces into which China Proper is divided, Yunnan lies farthest to the south-west.1868 April [1866 August], O. K. Heins, “Rising of the Dungens or Mussulman Population in Western China”, in The Edinburgh Review, volume...
- I did not meet a single Chinese between Chê-to and Li-chiang in Yunnan¹- a journey that occupied about a month- and the Chinese language was entirely unknown.1908, Reginald Fleming Johnston, From Peking to Mandalay, John Murray, page 157:
- In Yunnan the Yi have moved generally toward the south.1949, Chen Han-seng, Frontier Land Systems in Southernmost China, Institute of Pacific Relations, pages 1-2:
- In the Hsinhsiang District of Yunnan, twenty-odd plants produced a total of about 200,000 tons of chemical phosphates in 1973.1977, K. P. Wang, Mineral Resources and Basic Industries in the People's Republic of China, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →ISBN, page...
Forms of Yunnan
| alternative form | Yünnan |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Yun-nan |
| alternative form | Yün-nan |
| alternative misspelling | Yunan |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Junnan |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Iunnan |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Younnan |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Iuonam |
Origin of Yunnan
From Mandarin 雲南 /云南 (Yúnnán).
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Questions about Yunnan
- What does Yunnan mean?
- Yunnan means a province in southwestern China, bordering Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam. Capital: Kunming.
- What is Yunnan in Hindi?
- Yunnan in Hindi is युन्नान (yunnān). See Yunnan meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use Yunnan in a sentence?
- Of the eighteen provinces into which China Proper is divided, Yunnan lies farthest to the south-west.
- What part of speech is Yunnan?
- Yunnan is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Yunnan?
- Yunnan is pronounced /juː(n)ˈnɑːn/.
Words near Yunnan in the dictionary
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