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Zhengyang

Syllables: Zheng·yang

Zhengyang proper noun: a county of Zhumadian, Henan, China.

Proper noun

Zhengyang

  1. A county of Zhumadian, Henan, China.
    • To fully implement the various militant tasks set forth by the 10th CCP National Congress, the Chumatien Military Subdistrict and offices directly under Chumatien Region recently sent over 180 cadres to stay and work for a lengthy period of time at selected backward basic-level units. Led by...[1973 October 26 [1973 October 22], “Honan Region Sends Cadres to Guide Work in Backward Areas”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 207, Foreign Broadcast Information...
    • In Zhengyang county in May 1923, for instance, local gentry in the southern district built a county militia in response to rampant banditry.1994, Mobilizing the Masses: Building Revolution in Henan, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 60

Origin of Zhengyang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 正陽 /正阳 (Zhèngyáng).

Questions about Zhengyang

What does Zhengyang mean?
Zhengyang means a county of Zhumadian, Henan, China.
What part of speech is Zhengyang?
Zhengyang is a proper noun.

Words near Zhengyang in the dictionary

  1. Zhenbeipu
  2. Zhenfeng
  3. zheng
  4. Zhengning
  5. zhengs
  6. Zhengyang
  7. Zhengzhou
  8. Zhenjiang
  9. Zhenjiang vinegar
  10. Zhenlai
  11. zhenniao

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