Wencheng

Wen·cheng
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proper noun

A county of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
    1 more example

    The landslides Wednesday in Zhejiang province, south of the financial hub of Shanghai, followed Typhoon Megi, which brought heavy rains and high winds to China and Taiwan this past week.[…] The second landslide in Wencheng county killed five people, with one person still missing, an official at the county’s flood control office said Saturday.

    2016 September 30, “13 dead, 20 still missing in China after typhoon landslides”, in AP News, sourced from Beijing (AP), archived from the original on 25 Sep 2024

Origin

  1. Mandarin文城
  2. EnglishWencheng

From Mandarin 文城 (Wénchéng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 文城
  • 文城county
Chinese Mandarin 文城
  • 文城 (Wénchéng)county
Cite this entry
APA

Wencheng. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wencheng

MLA

“Wencheng.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wencheng. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wencheng,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wencheng.

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