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Zhaotong

Syllables: Zhao·tong

Zhaotong proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Yunnan, China.

Proper noun

Zhaotong

  1. A prefecture-level city of Yunnan, China.
    • Military chieftains of three Communist "military regions" (Chengtu, Kunming and Canton) and five provincial “military districts” (Szechwon^([sic – meaning Szechwan]), Tibet, Yunnan, Kweichow and Kwangsi) held a joint conference last September in Chaotung, Yunnan, to discuss measures to be taken...[1977 November 27, “Guerrilla activities”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVIII, number 47, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 4
    • The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.1 quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles) at around 8:30 a.m. (GMT).
      Most of the deaths were in Zhaotong City, the Xinhua state news agency reported.2014 August 3, “Hundreds dead after quake strikes Yunnan province”, in France 24, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2014

Forms of Zhaotong

alternative formChao-t'ung
alternative formChaotung

Origin of Zhaotong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 昭通 (Zhāotōng).

Questions about Zhaotong

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

Words near Zhaotong in the dictionary

  1. Zhao
  2. Zhao'an
  3. zhaoermiatoxin
  4. Zhaoji
  5. Zhaoqing
  6. Zhaotong
  7. Zhaoyuan
  8. Zhapu
  9. zharchikhite
  10. Zhashan
  11. Zhashkiv

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