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Zhijiang

Syllables: Zhi·jiang

Zhijiang proper noun: an autonomous county of Huaihua, Hunan, China.

Proper noun (1)

Zhijiang

  1. An autonomous county of Huaihua, Hunan, China.

Proper noun (2)

Zhijiang

  1. A county-level city of Yichang, Hubei, China.
    • Kingcheu commands over thirteen Cities, as Kingcheu, Cunggan, Xexeu, Kienli, Sungki, Chikiang, Iling, Changyang, Itu, Juengan, Quei, Hingxan, Patung.[1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of...
    • By evening, officials planned to also close off Huanggang, a city of seven million about 30 miles east of Wuhan, shut rail stations in the nearby city of Ezhou, which has about one million residents, and impose travel restrictions on the smaller cities of Chibi and Zhijiang.2020 January 24 [2020 January 23], “Coronavirus Death Toll Climbs in China, and a Lockdown Widens”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2020

Forms of Zhijiang

alternative formChihkiang
alternative formChih-chiang
alternative formChihchiang

Origin of Zhijiang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 芷江 (Zhǐjiāng).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 枝江 (Zhījiāng).

Questions about Zhijiang

What does Zhijiang mean?
Zhijiang means an autonomous county of Huaihua, Hunan, China.
What part of speech is Zhijiang?
Zhijiang is a proper noun.

Words near Zhijiang in the dictionary

  1. Zhicheng
  2. Zhidan
  3. Zhidoi
  4. Zhifu
  5. Zhihu
  6. Zhijiang
  7. Zhijin
  8. Zhili
  9. zhimmi
  10. zhimmis
  11. zhing-zhong

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