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Zhangwan

Syllables: Zhang·wan

Zhangwan proper noun: a district of Shiyan, Hubei, China.

Proper noun

Zhangwan

  1. A district of Shiyan, Hubei, China.
    • Much of the land that belonged to the Maojian, Shiyan, Tumen, and Huaguo people communes were turned into urban land. Figure 7.2 shows that the former urban area was divided into Zhangwan and Maojian districts.1994, Chung-Yuk Mok, China's Motor Cities: Industrialization and Urban Development under State Socialism, 1948-90, volume 2, →OCLC, page 317
    • Xu Min, a resident of Shiyan's Zhangwan district, said her neighborhood entrance was being guarded by community workers and security staff.2020 February 14, Yanan Wang, “Spike in China cases with new way of counting”, in Stars and Stripes, volume 78, number 215, →OCLC, page 16
  2. A subdistrict of Caidian district, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
  3. A subdistrict of Xiangzhou district, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
  4. A village subdistrict Mawan, Tianmen, Hubei, China.

Examples of Zhangwan in a sentence

  • Urban residents were surveyed in two central districts including the Hongshan District and Hangjiang^([sic – meaning Jianghan]) District in Wuhan City as well as the Zhangwan District in Shiyan City.2020, Wann-Ming Wey, editor, Sustainable Built Environment and Urban Growth Management, MDPI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 171:
  • The blast took place at about 6:30 a.m. local time in the Zhangwan district of Shiyan city, in Hubei province, according to local authorities.2021 June 13, Lily Lee, “At least 12 killed in huge gas explosion in central Chinese city”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Apr...

Origin of Zhangwan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 張灣 /张湾 (Zhāngwān).

Questions about Zhangwan

What does Zhangwan mean?
Zhangwan means a district of Shiyan, Hubei, China.
How do you use Zhangwan in a sentence?
Urban residents were surveyed in two central districts including the Hongshan District and Hangjiang^([sic – meaning Jianghan]) District in Wuhan City as well as the Zhangwan District in Shiyan City.
What part of speech is Zhangwan?
Zhangwan is a proper noun.

Words near Zhangwan in the dictionary

  1. Zhangjiang
  2. Zhangpu
  3. Zhangqiao
  4. Zhangqiu
  5. zhangs
  6. Zhangwan
  7. Zhangwu
  8. Zhangye
  9. Zhangzhou
  10. Zhangzhounese
  11. Zhangzhung

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