Jianchang
See also: Jiànchāng
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 建昌 (Jiànchāng, literally “establishing prosperity”).
Alternative forms
editProper noun
editJianchang
- (historical) Former name of Xichang.
Etymology 2
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 建昌 (Jiànchāng).
Proper noun
editJianchang
- A county of Huludao, Liaoning, China.
- 2018 November 22, “Car strikes crowd at China school, killing 5 and hurting 18”, in AP News[1], archived from the original on 23 November 2018[2]:
- The driver was taken into custody after the crash around noon in the coastal city of Huludao in Liaoning province, said the spokesman for Jianchang county in the city’s suburbs, who declined to give his name as is standard with Chinese bureaucrats.
Descendants
edit- Translingual: Jianchangosaurus
Translations
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- English terms with historical senses
- en:Counties of China
- en:Places in Liaoning
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- English terms with quotations