Yanliang

Yan·liang
Y4A1N1L1I1A1N1G2

proper noun

A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

    Yanliang district, 45 km from Xi'an, is China’s most important base for aircraft research, production and testing.

    2004, Zhao Rong, Zheng Guo, “Shaanxi”, in Y. M. Yeung, Shen Jianfa, editors, Developing China's West: A Critical Path to Balanced National Development, Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 366
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    The outer suburbs of Xi’an, in which there are 108,000 hectares of farmland, are the municipality’s agricultural districts. The majority of the farmland is in the northern and north-eastern suburbs and the Yanliang District.

    1985, Zhenglin Ma, “Xi'an: The Metropolis of North-West China”, in Victor F.S. Sit, editor, Chinese Cities: The Growth of the Metropolis Since 1949, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 161

    An official from Xian’s Yanliang district said on Sunday that 1,150 tonnes of vegetables have been delivered to about 115,600 households, adding to the 4,100 tonnes of vegetables being delivered to nearly 250,000 families in the urban Xincheng district.

    2022 January 2, Jack Lau, “Covid-19 in China: Xian cases edge down on New Year’s Day after worst week of 2021”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jan 2022, Politics

    The Yueyang City site is located in the Yanliang district of Xi’an City, the capital of Shaanxi province. The district is about 840 miles northwest of Shanghai.

    2023 February 16, Aspen Pflughoeft, “2,200-year-old flush toilet — oldest ever found — unearthed at palace ruins in China”, in Miami Herald, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2023, World

Origin

  1. Mandarin閻良 /阎良
  2. EnglishYanliang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 閻良 /阎良.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 閻良 /阎良
  • 閻良 /阎良district
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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