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Yuyang

Syllables: Yu·yang

Yuyang proper noun: a district of Yulin, Shaanxi, China. Also the alternative form of Youyang.

Proper noun

Yuyang

  1. A district of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.
    • Yuyang District of Yulin City is located in the northern part of Shaanxi Province. It has a land of 7,035 square kilometers and a population of 320,000.2007, Daniel A. Métraux, James W. Yoxall, “Poverty and Migrant Workers”, in The Problems Facing China Today: Politics, Economics, Health, and Religion, Edwin Mellen Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page...
    • Yuyang District is located in northern Shaanxi Province where the Maowusu Desert and Loess Plateau meet along the upper reaches of the Wuding River. It is named after the fact that elm was widely planted along this ancient border area. It is the political, economic, and cultural center of Yulin...2010, “Survey on the Left-behind Children in Huanggelao Village, Guta Township, Yuyang District, Yulin Municipality, Shaanxi Province”, in Left-Behind Children in Rural China, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 269

Also used as

Yuyang is also the alternative form of Youyang.

Examples of Yuyang in a sentence

  • Yuyang District is located in northern Shaanxi Province where the Maowusu Desert and Loess Plateau meet along the upper reaches of the Wuding River.2010, “Survey on the Left-behind Children in Huanggelao Village, Guta Township, Yuyang District, Yulin Municipality, Shaanxi Province”, in...
  • Yuyang District, Yulin City of Shaanxi Province committed itself to the goal of "leaving no land uncultivated" by the end of the 12th Five-year Plan period and worked hard to achieve it.2019, Hao Ran, Zhen Yuan, “Issues in Land Circulation Through Contractual Land Management Systems in Rural China”, in Lin Li, He Tian...

Origin of Yuyang

From Mandarin 榆陽 /榆阳 (Yúyáng).

Questions about Yuyang

What does Yuyang mean?
Yuyang means a district of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.
How do you use Yuyang in a sentence?
Yuyang District is located in northern Shaanxi Province where the Maowusu Desert and Loess Plateau meet along the upper reaches of the Wuding River.
What part of speech is Yuyang?
Yuyang is a proper noun.

Words near Yuyang in the dictionary

  1. Yuvraj
  2. Yuwaalaraay
  3. Yuwaaliyaay
  4. Yuwangtai
  5. Yuxi
  6. Yuyang
  7. yuz
  8. Yuzanjian
  9. Yuzawa
  10. yuzh
  11. yuzhe

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