Meanings
proper noun
- A district of Baishan, Jilin, China.
At least 11 workers were killed in a gas explosion in a privately run coal mine in Jilin province on Tuesday, state media reports said. The blast occurred on the site of an illegal coal mine in Zhaxi, a city in Jiangyuan county in Baishan municipality.
2002 November 28, “11 miners killed in gas blast”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2024, Latest
Origin
- Mandarin江源
- EnglishJiangyuan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江源 (Jiāngyuán).
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Chinese Cantonese 江源
- 江源 (gong¹ jyun⁴)district
Chinese Mandarin 江源
- 江源 (Jiāngyuán)district
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APA
Jiangyuan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jiangyuan
MLA
“Jiangyuan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jiangyuan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jiangyuan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jiangyuan.
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