Etymology

Yan'an

Yan·an

Today it means: A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 延安
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from延安
  2. English todayYan'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 延安 (Yán'ān).

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