Yünnan

A form of Yunnan — A province in southwestern China, bordering Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam. Capital: Kunming.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Yunnan.

    Yünnan has a variety of mineral resources, including the country's largest reserves of tin and nonferrous metals.

    1964, Herold Jacob Wiens, “YÜNNAN”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 23, →OCLC, page 926B, column 1
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    […]August 10-September 7, 1832) : "The [Ming] emperor pacified Yünnan and sent the family-dependents of the prince of Liang to Chi-chou [Cheju, i.e. Tan-lo] where they would be established." We are not informed of the number of Mongols being sent to Korea and Tan-lo this time;[…]

    1959, Henry Serruys, “Mongols on Tan-lo 耽羅 Island”, in The Mongols in China During the Hung-wu Period (1368-1398), →OCLC, page 296

    The regional paper Yünnan Daily also carried a report in this respect, as follows: "The Party committee for the Ch'aot'ieh commune in Luliang county, Yünnan province, has been educating the Party members in Party policy, fundamental Party knowledge and current situation, thereby raising their ideological and policy level, through such methods as the opening of training classes...

    1961, The Peking Informers, volume 3, Continental Research Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11

    The site of Shih-chai-shan, an early Iron Age necropolis, lies on the southeast shore of Lake Tien (⿰氵眞池), some thirty to thirty-five miles southeast of K’un-ming 昆明 in Yünnan province.

    1972, Emma C. Bunker, “The Tien Culture and Some Aspects of Its Relationship to the Dong-son Culture”, in Noel Barnard, Douglas Fraser, editors, Early Chinese Art and its Possible Influence in the Pacific Basin: A Symposium Arranged by the Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, New York City, August 21-25, 1967, volume 2, New York: Intercultural Arts Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 291
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