Etymology

Shijiazhuang

Shi·jia·zhuang
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Today it means: A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Hebei, in northern China. Full definition →

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The story

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin for 石家莊/石家庄 (Shíjiāzhuāng).

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