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Zhangye

Syllables: Zhang·ye

Zhangye proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.

Proper noun

Zhangye

  1. A prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.
    • Now this old-new part of China is having a boom. Building is going on apace in the cities of Wuwei, Changyeh, and Kiuchuan of the Corridor.[1945 June, Walter C. Lowdermilk, “China Fights Erosion with U. S. Aid”, in National Geographic Magazine, volume LXXXVII, number 6, Washington, D.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 663, column 2
    • Rice is grown in the warm and humid climate of the Southern Kansu Highlands and around the oases in the Hohsi Corridor, like Changyi and Kiuchuan, where water is abundant. The rice produced in the Hohsi Corridor is known for its excellent quality.[1964, Jen Yu-ti [任育地], 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 196

Origin of Zhangye

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 張掖 /张掖 (Zhāngyè).

Questions about Zhangye

What does Zhangye mean?
Zhangye means a prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.
What part of speech is Zhangye?
Zhangye is a proper noun.

Words near Zhangye in the dictionary

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

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