Wenquan

Wen·quan
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proper noun

A county of Bortala, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Wen-ch'üan

  1. A county of Bortala, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
  2. A town in Yingshan, Huanggang, Hubei, China.

    A Red soil (Ultisol, USDA classification) was sampled from the 11 to 40 cm layer of an upland in Wenquan, Hubei province, China.

    2005, Qiaoyun Huang, Wei Liang, Peng Cai, “Adsorption, desorption and activities of acid phosphatase on various colloidal particles from an Ultisol”, in Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, volume 45, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 210
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    The Yingshan County Wenquan Town Hardware Factory's Products Sell Well Abroad. The screwnails produced by the Wenquan Town Hardware Factory in Yingshan County, Hubei Province, consist of four varieties and 24 types.

    China Market

    1985, 中國市場 [China Market], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 49

    Wenquan Town creates Bailiu tea demonstration belt and Leijia Town creates the Three Mountains and A Lawn tea industry belt.[...]From the area comparison of all villages and towns in Yingshan County, Yangliuwan Town, Leijiadian Town, Shitouzui Town and Wenquan Town have a better basis on the tea development, whose plantation areas are larger than other towns;[…]

    2016, Luan Hu, Juan Yuan, Qing Wang, “The Dilemmas and Solutions of Tea Industrialization Development in Yingshan County of Hubei Province”, in Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Economy, Management and Education Technology, →DOI, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2021, page 1388

Origin

  1. Mandarin溫泉 /温泉
  2. EnglishWenquan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 溫泉 /温泉 (Wēnquán).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 溫泉 /温泉
  • 溫泉 /温泉 (wan¹ cyun⁴)county; town
Chinese Mandarin 溫泉 /温泉
  • 溫泉 /温泉 (Wēnquán)county; town
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