Meanings
proper noun
- A county of Qianxinan, Guizhou, China.
The Pu’an county government in Guizhou province said on its website that 56 of those in the mine had safely reached the surface and rescue work was continuing.
2015 August 12, “10 killed in southern China coal mine accident”, in AP News, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2026
Origin
- Mandarin普安
- EnglishPu'an
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 普安 (Pǔ'ān).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 普安
- 普安county
Chinese Mandarin 普安
- 普安 (Pǔ'ān)county
Cite this entry
APA
Pu'an. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pu'an
MLA
“Pu'an.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pu'an. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pu'an,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pu'an.
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