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Zhejiang

Syllables: Zhe·jiang/t͡ʃɪˈt͡ʃjɑːŋ/US/t͡ʃəˈt͡ʃjɑŋ/

Zhejiang proper noun: a coastal province in eastern China, running from Hangzhou Bay to Fujian. Capital: Hangzhou.

Proper noun

Zhejiang

  1. A coastal province in eastern China, running from Hangzhou Bay to Fujian. Capital: Hangzhou.
    • The kiln site actually responsible for such refinement has so far not been located. Shao-hsing, Chechiang Province, is commonly considered their point of origin since so many jars have been unearthed from tombs in that district.[...]It would take until the late third century for the potters of...[1982, Jenifer Neils, editor, The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 85
    • In the eastern province of Zhejiang, drivers are tested at highway exits before they can enter.2022 May 25, John Liu, “China pushes for regular mass testing in ‘zero-Covid’ pursuit.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2022, Daily Covid Briefing

Zhejiang meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian and Thai

Zhejiang in Hindi

a province in China
झेजियांग jhejiyāṅg

Zhejiang in Arabic

a province in China
جِيجْيَانْغ jijyānḡ

Zhejiang in Indonesian

a province in China
Zhejiang

Zhejiang in Thai

a province in China
เจ้อเจียง
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Zhejiang in Vietnamese
Chiết Giang

Forms of Zhejiang

alternative formZhe Jiang
alternative formChe-chiang
alternative formChê-chiang
alternative formChe-keang
alternative formChe-kyang
alternative formJhejiang
alternative form (obsolete)Chekiang
alternative form (obsolete)Che-kiang
alternative form (obsolete)Tche-kian
alternative form (obsolete)Tche-kiang
alternative form (obsolete)Chequiam
alternative form (obsolete)Cechian
alternative form (obsolete)Chertam

Origin of Zhejiang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 浙江 (literally “crooked river”), from a former name of the Qiantang River.

Words formed from Zhejiang

Words that rhyme with Zhejiang

Questions about Zhejiang

What does Zhejiang mean?
Zhejiang means a coastal province in eastern China, running from Hangzhou Bay to Fujian. Capital: Hangzhou.
What is Zhejiang in Hindi?
Zhejiang in Hindi is झेजियांग (jhejiyāṅg). See Zhejiang meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Zhejiang?
Zhejiang is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Zhejiang?
Zhejiang is pronounced /t͡ʃəˈt͡ʃjɑŋ/ (US).

Words near Zhejiang in the dictionary

  1. Zhecheng
  2. zhee
  3. zhees
  4. Zhegalkin polynomial
  5. Zhegalkin polynomials
  6. Zhejiang
  7. Zhejiangese
  8. zhelestid
  9. zhelestids
  10. Zheleznogorsk
  11. zhemchuzhnikovite

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