Dejiang

De·jiang
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proper noun

A county of Tongren, Guizhou, China.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Tongren, Guizhou, China.

    Techiang County CCP Committee's four Standing Committee members led 48 cadres and farming technicians to set up high-yielding farm land in six communes.

    [1978 November 15 [1978 October 9], “Kweichow Prefecture Agriculture”, in People's Republic of China, Agriculture, number 12, U. S. Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Kweiyang Kweichow Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Kweichow, page 64
    1 more example

    Three Chinese police officers and more than ten civilians were injured in a clash after police tried to stop a traditional street dragon dance, state media said on Monday. The local government in Dejiang county in southwestern Guizhou province banned the dragon dance in the downtown area over safety concerns, Xinhua news agency said.

    2009 February 9, Nick Macfie, “Fists fly as Chinese police chase the dragon”, in Sanjeev Miglani, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 17 May 2021, LIFESTYLE

Origin

  1. Mandarin德江
  2. EnglishDejiang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 德江.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 德江
  • 德江county
Chinese Mandarin 德江
  • 德江county
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APA

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Chicago

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