Meanings
proper noun
alternative Tingyuan · alternative Ting-yüan
- A county of Chuzhou, Anhui, China.
Passengers evacuated at the station in Dingyuan, in Anhui province.
2018 January 25, Lusha Zhang, Se Young Lee, “Chinese high-speed train fire triggers evacuation”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2018, WORLD NEWS1 more example
In 1853 he was named controller of the Lianghuai Salt District. He fell in battle against the Taipings at Dingyuan in Anhui.
1993, Thomas L. Kennedy, transl., Testimony of a Confucian Woman: The Autobiography of Mrs. Nie Zeng Jifen, 1852-1942, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 120
Origin
- Mandarin定遠 /定远
- EnglishDingyuan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for the Mandarin 定遠 /定远 (Dìngyuǎn).
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Chinese Cantonese 定遠 /定远
- 定遠 /定远 (ding⁶ jyun⁵)county in eastern China
Chinese Mandarin 定遠 /定远
- 定遠 /定远 (Dìngyuǎn)county in eastern China
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