nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Rongchang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 榮昌 /荣昌 (Róngchāng). 1. A district of Chongqing, China. Example: The Szechuan people's struggle against the activities of the imperialist aggressors in the church had a long history.[…]The people who took part in the uprising, however, broke into the Jungchang County prison and released him. Example: Her young parents, who worked in a pottery factory in Rongchang in present-day Chongqing municipality, conceived her while unmarried.
Word: Dazu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大足 (Dàzú). 1. A district of Chongqing, China. Example: Similarly there had been a break in the supply of small hardware from Tatsu county to its traditional markets in Tahsien, Mienyang, and Wenchiang, which was now restored as a result of the exchange fair. Example: A new chapter in the study of Chinese sculpture in the Sung Dynasty opened with the discovery of the Mai-chi-shan caves already referred to and the publication of a little-known sculptured cliff at Ta-tsu in Szechwan, dating chiefly from the Sung. The lively realism of the Ta-tsu high relief figures, some of which resemble the clay figures at Mai-chi-shan, others reminiscent of mediaeval European sculpture, is further proof that beside the courtly and scholarly arts for which the Sung is famous there flourished a vigorous school of popular Buddhist art of a very different character.
Word: Tongliang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 銅梁 (Tóngliáng). 1. A district of Chongqing, China. Example: In the course of criticizing revisionism and rectifying the style of work, the CCP committee of (Tungpo) commune, Tungliang County, has used various methods to conduct socialist education for the cadres and commune members, in order to enhance their awareness of the line struggle and help them spontaneously criticize capitalist tendencies and unswervingly take the socialist road. Example: Because the hamlet was the home of one of the few priests in eastern Sichuan, Catholics from as far away as Chongqing and the neighboring districts of Yongchuan, Tongliang, He Zhou, and Fu Zhou came to the hamlet seeking Gu to receive sacraments and to participate in worship.[...]The Ma family had migrated to nearby Baxian, the Qius to Fu Zhou, and the Songs to Tongliang.
Word: Tongnan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 潼南 (Tóngnán). 1. A district of Chongqing, China. Example: A search and rescue operation was launched by the local authorities in Tongnan district, which continued through the night. Example: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Chongqing on Thursday morning to assess conditions, visiting the village of Shuangba in Tongnan district, where flooded fields and houses have affected the livelihood of more than 8,000 people there.
Word: Hechuan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Mandarin 合川 (Héchuān). 1. A district of Chongqing, China. Example: "Hello, hello, hello! What? Hochuan? This is Peipei. Planes over Hochuan? Toward Peipei? No, not here. ... Bombing heard? Where, southward?" Then the man would hang up and turn the crank again, and shout to Chungking or some other place, "Peipei calling, planes over Hochuan, toward Peipei, Peipei." Very soon we would hear planes over our heads. Example: On September 12, a man named Xiao Gang (pseudonym) was walking along BinjiangLu in Hechuan District, Chongqing when he was suddenly grabbed and forced into an abandoned home on the side of the road and sexually assaulted by Xiao Yong (pseudonym).
Word: Beibei Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北碚 (Běibèi). Pronunciation: /beɪˈbeɪ/ 1. A district of Chongqing, China. Example: "Hello, hello, hello! What? Hochuan? This is Peipei. Planes over Hochuan? Toward Peipei? No, not here. ... Bombing heard? Where, southward?" Then the man would hang up and turn the crank again, and shout to Chungking or some other place, "Peipei calling, planes over Hochuan, toward Peipei, Peipei." Very soon we would hear planes over our heads. Example: 2. Szechwan, Peipei, a town north of Chungking, has been selected as a model district for the creation of independent farmers. With the cooperation of the Municipal Bureau of Peipei, land survey has been completed and plans have been made for the establishment of farm units to be given to the farmers after the completion of procedures for land expropriation.
Word: angiostatics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angiostatic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anlotinib Part of Speech: noun 1. The tyrosine kinase inhibitor 1-[[4-[(4-fluoro-2-methyl-1H-indol-5-yl)oxy]-6-methoxyquinolin-7-yl]oxymethyl]cyclopropan-1-amine Labels: uncountable
Word: gonadulin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of gonad + insulin. 1. A peptide growth factor, related to insulin, produced by some locusts Labels: uncountable
Word: nonsalvageable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + salvageable. 1. Not salvageable Labels: not-comparable
Word: Rabindra Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Ravindra (A male given name from Hindi). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oxytrauma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oxy- + trauma. 1. trauma due to excess oxygen, typically received from a hospital ventilator
Word: Ravindra Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi रवींद्र (ravīndra). 1. A male given name from Hindi.
Word: phacolysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phaco- + -lysis. 1. The destruction and removal of the lens of the eye. Labels: uncountable
Word: phacolytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phaco- + -lytic. 1. Relating to phacolysis Labels: not-comparable
Word: Murgeni Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Vaslui County, Romania. 2. A surname.
Word: Aurobindo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali অরবিন্দ (orobindo). 1. A male given name from Bengali.
Word: sandownid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any extinct turtle of the family †Sandownidae
Word: sandownids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sandownid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sinemydid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any extinct turtle of the family †Sinemydidae
Word: sinemydids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sinemydid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suprapygal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supra- + pygal. 1. Situated above the pygal bones Labels: not-comparable
Word: suprapygal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From supra- + pygal. 1. Such a bone
Word: suprapygals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suprapygal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: symbiodiniacean Part of Speech: noun 1. Any alga of the family Symbiodiniaceae
Word: symbiodiniaceans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of symbiodiniacean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thalassochelydian Part of Speech: noun 1. Any extinct turtle of the clade †Thalassochelydia
Word: thalassochelydians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thalassochelydian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thermoclimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thermo- + climate. 1. The thermal part of a climate (large-scale weather system) 2. A relatively hot climate
Word: thixotropically Part of Speech: adv 1. In a thixotropic manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Bogdand Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Bogdand. 1. A village and commune of Satu Mare County, Romania.
Word: Langellas Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Langella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Drahos Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Drahoš. 1. A surname.
Word: Dilauro Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Di Lauro. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: Dilauros Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Dilauro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Drahoses Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Drahos Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sânmihaiu de Câmpie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Sânmihaiu de Câmpie. 1. A village and commune of Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania.
Word: Eisinger Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Eisinger. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Sânpetru de Câmpie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Sânpetru de Câmpie. 1. A village and commune of Mureș County, Romania.
Word: Sântămăria-Orlea Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian Sântămăria-Orlea. 1. A commune of Hunedoara County, Romania. 2. A village in Sântămăria-Orlea, Hunedoara County, Romania.
Word: Emley Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Old English male personal name *Ema + lēah (“woodland, glade”). 1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE242130). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Emleys Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Emley Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Eisingers Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Eisinger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dibacco Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Di Bacco. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: Digeronimo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Di Geronimo. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: Digeronimos Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Digeronimo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dibaccos Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Dibacco Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cheuvront Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unexplained, but possibly of French origin. 1. A surname from French.
Word: Fiumara Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Fiumara. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: Fiumaras Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Fiumara Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cheuvronts Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Cheuvront Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corner bracket Part of Speech: noun 1. A bracket fixture shaped in a right angle. 2. Either of a pair of symbols, 「 」, used as quotation marks in some languages.
Word: corner brackets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corner bracket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Fourman Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Foreman. 1. A surname.
Word: Fencl Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Fencl. 1. A surname from Czech.
Word: Fencles Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Fencl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Fourmans Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Fourman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Fatheree Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly a shortened Americanized form of Irish Ó Fiachra, which is found as Feighery in Ireland. 1. A surname from Irish.
Word: Gindlesperger Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly a German topographic surname. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Gindlespergers Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Gindlesperger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Fatherees Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Fatheree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ankang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 安康 (Ānkāng). Pronunciation: /ˌɑːnˈkɑŋ/ 1. A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China. Example: The Shensi Provincial Government has approved the plan of its Provincial Department of Reconstruction for the building of a highway to connect Sian city with Tsoshui, Chen-an and Ankang, in southeastern Shensi and another road from Shang-hsien past Ankang to link up with the Sian-Chingtsukwan and Hanyin-Paiho Highways. Survey work is to be started soon. Example: The Han Shui valley in the extreme south, with the subregional towns of Hanchung and Ankang, and the entire northern section of Shensi remain without rail transportation.
Word: Zhenping Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鎮平 /镇平 (Zhènpíng). 1. A county of Nanyang, Henan, China. Example: HONAN NEW COOKING STOVE--Scores of new-type cooking stoves have been introduced into rural Honan Province. The new stoves, as compared with the old ones, generally save about 50 percent on such fuels as coal, firewood, and hay. There had been a shortage of firewood and hay in Chenping County, which has now become self-sufficient in these fuels since 83 percent of the rural families began to use the new stoves.
Word: Zhenping Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鎮坪 /镇坪 (Zhènpíng). 1. A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China. Example: China has succeeded in domesticating musk deer and obtaining the musk while the animal is alive. The Forestry Bureau in western Szechwan Province and a musk-deer farm in Chenping county, Shensi Province, have achieved this. Example: Local news media reports quoted the authorities in Zhenping County, in Shaanxi Province, as saying that the woman had given her consent to an abortion.[…] The government said it had sent an investigation team to Zhenping County this week, and The Associated Press quoted from a statement released Friday by the deputy mayor of Ankang, the city where Ms. Feng lives, saying: “Today, I am here on behalf of the municipal government to see you and express our sincere apology to you. I hope to get your understanding.”
Word: Pingli Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 平利. Pronunciation: /pɪŋ.li/ 1. A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China. Example: Teng said a large number of Communists were striking westward from Sian, capital of Shensi province. He added the Nationalists had lost Pingli in southern Shensi after a battle in which both sides suffered heavy casualties. Example: In Pingli County, Shaanxi Province, China, the Badao bone coal contains 41 to 75 ppm of selenium, with a mean concentration of 57.5 ppm.[…]The local environment in Pingli County was found to contain soil with a mean concentration of 0.3 to 1.1 ppm selenium, and agricultural crops with concentration of 0.57 to 2.75 ppm selenium (Fang and others, 2003).
Word: McLelland Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of McClellan. Pronunciation: /məˈklɛlən(d)/ 1. A surname.
Word: Langao Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 嵐皋 /岚皋. 1. A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China. Example: Distribution and habitat. Coniogramme bashanensis known only from Langao County in Shaanxi Province, China. Langao County is located in the middle of the northern slope of Mt. Bashan. Example: Shaanxi Broadcast & TV Network * Says it signs e-commerce cooperation agreement Langao County govt, Shaanxi Province
Word: Baihe Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 白河 (Báihé). Pronunciation: /baɪ.hi/, /baɪ.hə/ 1. A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China. Example: There is a navigable tributary of the Han, the Chiaho (甲河) which joins it at Paihohsien (白河縣) where the Shensi customs barrier for the Han is situated, considerably west of Laohokʻou. Example: Another time, some youths in the village had gone down the Han River to Gourd Town, Baihe County and on to the city of Xiangyang, and come back with trousers that were tight at the waist and wide at the bottom, which made them seem instantly taller. 2. A district of Tainan, Taiwan.
Word: Xunyang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 旬陽 /旬阳. 1. A county-level city of Ankang, Shaanxi, China, formerly a county. Example: In (Chialu) commune, Hsunyang County, the summer grain procurement quota has been overfulfilled. In addition, 66 production teams in the commune have put grain aside for reserves. Example: Minghsing Brigade of Changsha Commune in Hsunyang County, Shensi Province, has encouraged amateur literary and art activities for about a decade.
Word: Lansfords Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Lansford Labels: form-of, plural
Word: McLellands Part of Speech: name 1. plural of McLelland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hanbin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 漢濱 /汉滨. 1. A district of Ankang, Shaanxi, China. Example: Shaanxi's Huazhang Daily newspaper said the wasps had been attacking people in the Ankang [translating 安康 (Ānkāng)] region since 2002. Hundreds had been stung and at least 30 had died. Local police and firemen teams are being deployed to track and destroy the pests, but no significant improvement had been made because there were no wasp experts in the region, the newspaper said. Some people said the problem was worse this year. In the Hanbin district alone this year, five villagers have been killed by the wasps, while the number of hives has increased from one in 2002 to more than 40 this year. Example: The second evaluation also looked at NCMS payment reform and took place in the Hanbin District of Shaanxi Province. In 2010, Hanbin District launched a reform of NCMS payment methods, replacing the fee-for-service with prospective payment with a global budget for outpatient care and mixed payment methods for inpatient care.
Word: Hanyin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 漢陰 /汉阴 (Hànyīn). 1. A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China. Example: Hanyin T'ing, now called Hanyin Hsien, a third class district, is a prosperous little place lying at the head of the fertile Yo River valley, and, like most of the Han basin towns, is more like a Szechuan than a Shensi city. Example: Shensi fungi first goes to Hanyin (漢陰) and is then shipped to Hankow;[...]
Word: Shiquan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 石泉. 1. A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China. Example: This silkworm was found in 1985 in Shiquan County. It is 2.2 inches long, with a nine-jointed body. Its head is raised as if it were spinning silk. Shiquan County being a major producer, the silk industry prospered during the Han dynasty, and gilding techniques were also developed. Example: However, last June a police station in Shiquan county in Ankang, in Shaanxi, received a tip-off regarding the whereabouts of Ruixiang.
Word: Ningshan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 寧陝 /宁陕. 1. A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China. Example: Sian, Shensi provincial service 13. 00 GMT 11.2.71 [...]The poor and lower-middle peasants and masses in Ningshan County overcame "calamities" [no details given] and scored bumper agricultural harvests last year. Example: Those on the northerly route reached Ning-shan on February 16th, were joined there by a surviving group of Shih Ta-k’ai’s expeditionary soldiers under Cheng Chung-ho, and on March 26th converged at Nei-hsiang as planned with Ma Jung-ho’s army from the southerly route.
Word: Calvini Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian Calvini. 1. A commune of Buzău County, Romania. 2. A village in Calvini, Buzău County, Romania.
Word: Călimănești Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian Călimănești. 1. A village in Fântânele, Mureș County, Romania. 2. A village in Puiești, Vaslui County, Romania. 3. A city in Vâlcea County, Romania. 4. A village in Mărășești, Vrancea County, Romania.
Word: Florești-Stoenești Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian Florești-Stoenești. 1. A commune of Giurgiu County, Romania.
Word: Miroslovești Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Miroslovești. 1. A village and commune of Iași County, Romania.
Word: Mărgăritești Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Mărgăritești. 1. A village and commune of Buzău County, Romania. 2. A village in Voineasa, Olt County, Romania.
Word: Urdari Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Urdari. 1. A village and commune of Gorj County, Romania.
Word: Vitomirești Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Vitomirești. 1. A village and commune of Olt County, Romania.
Word: Hiratsukas Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Hiratsuka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Foping Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 佛坪 (Fópíng). 1. A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China. Example: In (Changchiaho) brigade in Foping County, over 140,000 catties of grain have been stored up so far. Granaries have been built in every brigade in the commune. Example: In Shaanxi Province there is one special nature reserve for them at Foping County, southwest of Xi'an and not far from the Qinling Ibis Colony.
Word: Zhenba Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鎮巴 /镇巴 (Zhènbā). 1. A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China. Example: Education in a Chenpa County Commune (Sian)[…] (Paho) commune, in Chenpa County, now has 250 per cent more full-time primary schools than before the cultural revolution. Example: Zhenba County in Shaanxi Province once had a forest cover rate of 60 percent, and floods, droughts and hail were rare. Later, however, many trees were cut down to clear the land for farming when the county started to place a one-sided emphasis on grain production.
Word: panface Part of Speech: noun 1. A Chinese person. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur 2. Any person of East Asian descent. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur
Word: hot top Part of Speech: noun 1. asphalt; pavement Labels: Maine, countable, uncountable 2. In casting, a live open riser with a hot ceramic liner, designed to counteract the formation of harmful hollows when casting objects of materials such as metals into molds. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: technical difficulty Part of Speech: noun 1. An unforeseen equipment problem, such as a hardware failure or software bug, that makes it difficult or impossible to perform a desired action. Labels: in-plural Example: Mr. Trump first makes a blanket objection, on Due Process grounds, to the fact that he was unable to review the Rosen Challengers' exhibits before the hearing. As discussed on the record, due to a technical difficulty suffered by the Rosen Challengers, a Dropbox link provided to the parties before the hearing and containing many of the Rosen Exhibits was inoperative. With assistance from my office, copies of the evidence were provided to counsel during the hearing.
Word: omnipercipiences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of omnipercipience Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slap on the back Part of Speech: noun 1. Commendations.
Word: in mind Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Present in one's thoughts. Example: He loaded the gun with bad intentions in mind. Example: A depot for the maintenance and servicing of diesel locomotives on the Great Eastern line is being provided at Ipswich by the conversion of the steam motive power depot, which was rebuilt in 1954, with the requirements of diesel traction in mind.
Word: Sixmilecross Part of Speech: name 1. A small village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Word: Fyvie Part of Speech: name 1. A small village in Formartine, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ7637).
Word: Fivemiletown Part of Speech: name 1. A village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Word: in one's bones Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: The figurative sense has a linguistic life of its own as a metaphor comparable with others such as at the heart of it all, but it is also related to the literal theme that people with rheumatism can feel weather changes in their bones and joints. 1. (of a feeling, belief, etc.) Derived from instinct, intuition, or an ingrained inclination. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: He understood in his bones that the odds were not in his favor. Example: She could feel the rhythm in her bones. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, one's, bones: especially, referring to rheumatic aches sensitive to atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity. Example: As his aging hands became increasingly arthritic, he would often tell us that he could feel it in his bones when a snowstorm was coming. Example: She could feel the rhythm in her bones.
Word: mesoscaphe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mésoscaphe. From meso- + Ancient Greek σκάφη (skáphē, “little ship”). Coined by Jacques Piccard. 1. A submersible submarine designed for drifting on sea currents in the middle depth layers of the ocean.
Word: mesoscaph Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mesoscaphe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: croissanterie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French croissanterie. 1. A shop that sells croissants. Example: Chamonix town has a nice old center with a clear view of Mont Blanc. Nice quaint cafes, croissanteries, creperies and stuff. Best skiing on this lousy planet too ;) Example: Listen, we're in need of a change and know that European things (especially French) seem to work well in the States. I'm prepared to bring over my know-how and create a Croissanterie or a Cręperie if someone is willing to fund it and offer us (il)legal immigrant status. I'll wait for your responses...........
Word: Four Crosses Part of Speech: name 1. A hamlet in Hatherton parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9509). 2. A village in Llandysilio community, Powys, Wales, originally in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SJ2718). 3. A hamlet in Powys (OS grid ref SJ0508). 4. A hamlet in Brymbo community, Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2553).
Word: croissanteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of croissanterie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Xixiang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西鄉 /西乡. 1. A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China. Example: Shensi has a complicated terrain, characterized by an ascending trend from south to north. The Ta Pa Shan range rises in the south, on the Szechwan-Shensi border. Its highest peak, Pa Shan, rises to 9,843 ft., near Sisiang County. Example: By far the most definite evidence of the southern cultural affiliations of the Yang-shao people is the cultural sequence recently established by mainland Chinese archaeologists that the earliest phase of the Yang-shao culture is to be exemplified by the artifactual complex of the Li-chia-ts’un site in Hsi-hsiang county, Shensi, on the southern side of the Ch’in-ling Mountain.
Word: Chenggu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 城固. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɛŋ.ɡu/, /t͡ʃʌŋ-/, /t͡ʃɑŋ-/, /t͡ʃæŋ-/ 1. A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China. Example: Zhang Qian, buried in his home town in Chenggu County, was the first envoy in Chinese history to visit the western regions and thus form the initial link between China and her western neighbours. Example: The policy-making officials in the war capital of Chung-king had decided to relocate the Northwestern Teachers’ College from Ch’êng-ku county, southern Shênsi province, to Shih-li-tien, literally Ten-miles-distanced store, a suburb of the city of Lanchou, Kansu province.
Word: Liuba Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 留壩 /留坝 (Liúbà). 1. A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China. Example: The initial motivation to go on a pilgrimage is also often twofold: one cannot pass Hanzhong without going to the Zhangliangmiao in Liuba County, and it is good to go to a holy place if one has a sick mother or a child of marriageable age. Example: On arriving in Hanzhong, Yongbao rushed into the Qinling Mountains to fight Zhang Hanchao.[…]When the two met at the seat of Liuba county after the battle, they quarreled bitterly: Yongbao accused Mingliang of not having come to his rescue sooner, and Mingliang blamed Yongbao for being defeated by the rebels.
Word: Hantai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 漢臺 /汉台. 1. A district of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China. Example: […]Hantai District has under its jurisdiction 10 townships and sub-district offices. Many railways and highways running through the district link it with many big cities, such as Xi'an, Chengdu, Wuhan, Shanghai and Beijing. Example: Qi Jianwen, the chief inspector of the Hanzhong Public Security Bureau and head of its party discipline committee, personally met with police in Hantai District, who reportedly issued a decision on November 4 to revoke the residential surveillance order against Han, stating that the 'investigation had concluded' (Huashang News, 2009; Zhou Ze, 2009).
Word: Nanzheng Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南鄭 /南郑. 1. A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China. Example: The Shensi Provincial CCP Committee recently issued a circular on its decision to take disciplinary action against (Tung Han-lu), deputy director of the Nancheng County Culture and Education Bureau, for making mistakes in student enrollment. Example: In November a district of Nanzheng County set a fixed increase in family income as an "economic prerequisite" for only-daughter families seeking permission to have a second child.
Word: Llandysilio Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh llan + (Saint) Tysilio. 1. A small village and community in Powys, Wales, originally in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SJ2619).
Word: Ningqiang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寧強 /宁强 (Níngqiáng). Pronunciation: /ˌnɪŋˈt͡ʃjɑŋ/ 1. A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China. Example: The troops of the ambitious Ch’in widened the old road which ran through the mountainous region, leading from the modern city of Ning-ch’iang 甯羌 in Shensi, into the Red Basin, by way of the modern cities of Kuang-yüan 廣元, Chao-hua 昭化 and Chien-ko 劍閣 in Szechwan. Example: Originating in Ningchiang County, Shensi Province, the Han River flows eastward through the Chinling and Pashan mountains and empties into the Yangtze River in Wuhan. Its total length is more than 3,000 li.
Word: Lüeyang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 略陽 /略阳 (Lüèyáng). 1. A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China. Example: Fu Lang's ancestral home was Linwei (臨渭) in Lüeyang (略陽) commandery (northeast of modern Tianshui (天水), Gansu). Example: Xingzhou was more than five hundred kilometers northeast of Chengdu, in modern Lüeyang 略陽 county, across today's border with Shaanxi.
Word: Weibin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 渭濱 /渭滨. 1. A district of Baoji, Shaanxi, China. Example: In order to research into quantitative risk assessment technique for multi-surface potential landslide, taking Xiayahe landslide which has four potential sliding surfaces in Weibin District, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province as an example, based on large scale(1:10000) field survey, geotechnical exploration, indoor analytic research and by using international single landslide risk calculation formula, fundamental characteristic and fatalness of Xiayahe landslide were briefly described and potential harmfulness, influence scope of every different potential sliding surface , time-spatial probability, vulnerability and risk were deeply researched. Example: (2) Highly adaptable areas include economically developed areas such as Weibin District and Jintai District. (3) High-vulnerability areas are Taibai County and Qianyang County. The higher vulnerability areas are Jixian, Linyou, Daishan, and Fufeng, the medium-fragile areas are the Chencang District and Fengxiang County, and the low-vulnerability areas are the Jintai District, Weibin District, Meixian County, and Feng County. Overall, the high-fragility areas of agricultural floods in Baoji City are concentrated in the northeastern part of the county.
Word: Weibin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 衛濱 /卫滨. 1. A district of Xinxiang, Henan, China.
Word: Jintai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 金台 (Jīntái). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪnˈtaɪ/ 1. A district of Baoji, Shaanxi, China. Example: Among the 922 cases investigated as listed in Table 5, 43.28 percent had second births within two years, and 67.03 percent within three years. And those who had second births when their first born children were only one year old accounted for 15.47 percent in Yang County, 30 percent in Yanchuan County, 15.68 percent in Mizhi County, and 20.41 percent in Jintai District of Baoji. Example: In Baoji Prefecture, Fengxiang, Qishan, Longxian, Qianyang, Meixian and Linyou counties as well as the Jintai and Weibin districts of Baoji City all hold large and small spring welcoming carnivals after the Spring Festival.
Word: Chencang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 陳倉 /陈仓 (Chéncāng). 1. A district of Baoji, Shaanxi, China. Example: Ch’en-ts'ang, an ancient name for Tang Feng-hsiang, the modern Pao-chi (Precious Pheasant) county, Shensi. The name derives from the story Wei alludes to: In ancient times, Duke Wen of Ch'in was hunting at Ch'en-ts’ang and encountered the magic bird on the north slope of Ch'en-ts'ang Mountain. It seemed like a stone and was the color of liver. When he returned, he sacrificed to it. It was thought to come from the southeast and possessed a voice like thunder which made all the wild pheasants call. Example: A gold tiger fitting from Weijiaya, Chencang District, Baoji City, dating to the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), has decorative spirals on its haunches very much like many of the animals found in Early La Tène contexts—the dogs on the rim of the Basse-Yutz flagons and the hybrid creature on the lid of the jug in Grave 2 at the Glauberg, for example.
Word: Qianyang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 千陽 /千阳 (Qiānyáng)／汧陽／汧阳. 1. A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China. Example: Chienyang County, Shensi, has since last winter completed more than 50 water conservancy projects, including 14 reservoirs, increasing its irrigated area by over 65,000 mou. Example: Chienyang County in Shensi Province on the loess highland has fairly rich water resources, but there was little irrigated land — averaging 0.4 mu per person — before the Cultural Revolution owing to interference and sabotage by Liu Shao-chi’s counter-revolutionary revisionist line.
Word: class-leading Part of Speech: adj 1. In the best of its category.
Word: Fengxiang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鳳翔 /凤翔 (Fèngxiáng). 1. A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China. Example: In the verandah on the north side of the Ta Ch’eng Men (Gate of Great Perfection) which leads to the main enclosure, there used to stand ten drum-shaped blocks of black granite, the famous “STONE DRUMS."[…] About seven miles south of Fenghsiang, in the province of Shensi, is a place still called Shih Ku Yuan (Stone Drums’ Origin) which is probably the spot where they were first hewn out. Example: A wealthy Chinese Christian in Shensi, planning to move to the safety of Szechuan province, now offered to lend the Bible School some larger premises he owned in Paoki, a city at the end of the railway line to the south west of Fengsiang. They therefore gladly moved from their crowded quarters, leaving the Fishers alone in the Fengsiang compound.
Word: Linyou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 麟遊 /麟游. 1. A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China. Example: In recent years, important evidence has come to light about a detached palace of the Sui and Tang. Known as Renshougong during the Sui dynasty and as Jiuchenggong in Tang times, its remains lie in Linyou county of Shaanxi province, about 163 kilometers from the capital Daxing-Chang’an. Example: In April 639 the Emperor was staying in Jiucheng Palace (in Linyou, Shaanxi Province, which is one hundred and sixty kilometers northwest to Chang'an).
Word: Qishan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 岐山 (Qíshān). 1. Synonym of Mount Qi, A mountain in Baoji, Shaanxi, China. 2. Synonym of Zongzhou, former capital of the Zhou, now An archaeological site in Baoji, Shaanxi, China. 3. A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China. Example: In one village in Chi-shan county . . . the village chief bought his son a wife with money be got by selling a cow and two huts. Example: In 1977 a large body of fragments of Chou dynasty oracle bone inscriptions was discovered at Chi-shan county in Shensi province.
Word: Qishan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 旗山 (Qíshān). 1. Alternative spelling of Cishan (in Taiwan). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For two decades Mr. Lu, 76, cultivated his banana trees in the Qishan district, rising at 5 a.m. and working until sunset. Example: For Qishan, Meinong and Foguangshan you’re best off catching a bus outside Kaohsiung Zuoying HSR Station/Zuoying KMRT Station. From there Freeway Bus #10 is the quickest and cheapest service to Qishan (departs every 20mins on w/days 🕘 06.30-23.00 Mon-Fri, less frequent at w/ends; takes 40mins; NTD50).
Word: Taibai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 太白 (Tàibái). 1. A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China. Example: During the Cultural Revolution, Taipai County built 44 roads, increasing the length of motorable road by 360 kilometers. Example: By 1969, Jia Qianrui and Hong Youdao initiated the relocation of the 22 Base’s central nuclear warhead storage functions to Taibai County, Shaanxi Province. A number of factors may have led to the move. First, Taibai County may have been designated as the ultimate location of China’s nuclear weapons stockpile as early as 1958. Taibai County had been identified as a candidate reserve storage site in the 1958 survey, and this may have been a factor in the establishment of Taibai County in the early-1960s.
Word: Zhouzhi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 周至 (Zhōuzhì). 1. A county of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: Although data on state farms in recent years are sketchy, their general situation and problems appear to be essentially the same as they were in the 1950s and the 1960s. At a provincewide symposium of state-owned agricultural and animal husbandry enterprises, convened in Chouchih, Shensi Province, in May 1975, the participants were told that although the proportion of the enterprises in the entire rural economy was "still not great," they occupied an important position in China's socialist agriculture. Example: The Chouchih County CCP Committee has once again organized 190,000 people to go in for harnessing the Wei River.
Word: Zhouzhi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 盩厔 (Zhōuzhì). 1. A former name for a county of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: In the past year Chouchih County in Shensi Province has formed a technical group which can design and build small power stations and make small generators or transformers. Example: This song explains that the fine climate of Zhouzhi produced admirable figures like Lanqing and Zhang Fu'ao.
Word: Huyi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 鄠邑. 1. A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: In Shijing town in Xi’an’s Huyi district, authorities tore down a Catholic church at the end of December, sparking a protest by around 300 church followers who gathered later in front of district government offices with banners calling for the right to religious freedom, local sources said. Example: To improve our understanding of PTE accumulation in peripheral areas of cities, soil samples from different parts of Huyi District, Xi’an city were collected, and the concentrations of As, Pb, V, Cr, Cu, Mn, Co, and Zn were determined through X-ray fluorescence spectrometry.
Word: Yanta Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 雁塔. 1. A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: It was an unusual case for Yanta District People’s Intermediate Court in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province on March 25. The suspect was standing in court wearing a white mask and rubber gloves and the bailiffs were keeping their distance. It was because the defendant, Mu, had AIDS. Example: It’s cloudy at dusk at the Xi’an Huoche Zhan, 6:40PM Monday evening, when they step out into the night.[…] FONG takes them to his cousin’s Hupan Hostel, a 1980s row house conversion in the Yanta District.[…] The Xi’an gang driver, Jinfeng, follows Henry FONG with DONG ZhiWei and WEI ZengJiu in a black Brilliance.
Word: Beilin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北林 (Běilín). 1. A district of Suihua, Heilongjiang, China. Example: The Chinese state news media identified the man as the deputy director of a government poverty alleviation agency in the Beilin district of Suihua, a city in Heilongjiang Province.[…] Government offices in the city of Suihua and the district of Beilin, as well as the Beilin district police, did not respond to requests for comment.
Word: Beilin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 碑林 (Bēilín). 1. A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: Downtown Xi'an is divided between two districts, Beilin and Lianhu. The vibrant Beilin District comprises the core downtown area within the city wall and some territory east and south of it. Beilin has more than it: fair share of ancient sites, but it's modern as well, home to upscale malls high-end hotels, and 17 universities. Example: A gathering place for intellectuals in the past, the antique bookstore located in Xi’an’s Beilin District has become a part of the life of some old local residents and an almost spiritual place among intellectuals. Covering about 900 square meters, the bookstore also collects and preserves old books.
Word: Lianhu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 蓮湖／莲湖 (Liánhú). Pronunciation: /liˈænːhu/, /liˈɛnːhu/, /liˈɑːnːhu/ 1. A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: […]the Party committee of Peiyuanmen commune of Lienhu ch'u in Sian municipality has since the year before last set up outside-school cultural activity centers in the commune headquarters and in various neighborhood committees. Example: The Qingnian Road Neighbourhood in the Lianhu District in particular has received foreigners.
Word: Weiyang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 未央 (Wèiyāng). 1. A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: The city of Xian's Intermediate People's Court called a judgment pronouncement meeting on 26 July and had seven major criminals, including Fu Beizhan and Lang Maolin, executed according to the law. The criminal Fu Beizhan, who was charged with intentional homicide, was from Dibaozi village of Sanqiao town, Weiyang District, Xian. Example: Starting at the north city gate, the Weiyang District is home to the Xi'an ETDZ (Economic and Technology Development Zone).
Word: Baqiao Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 灞橋 /灞桥. Pronunciation: /ˌbɑːˈt͡ʃjaʊ/ 1. A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: In 1957 several dozen pieces of coarse paper were found in a Han dynasty tomb in Pachiao near Sian in Shensi province. Example: Chen Zhongshi was born in 1942 in a village near Sian, Shanxi province.[...]He is at present working at the Cultural Center, Baqiao district, Sian.
Word: Gaoling Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高陵 (Gāolíng). 1. A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: On 22 January, 140 young couples held a collective marriage ceremony in Kaoling County.[…] In the struggle to expose and criticize the gang of four, the Kaoling County CCP Committee has resolved to grasp destroying the old and establishing the new, holding thrifty weddings and conducting education in late marriage as a major matter. Example: The discovery of a woman’s corpse in an elevator in the Chinese city of Xi’an has led to the detention of an elevator maintenance crew who improperly cut off power to the elevator a month ago without checking if anyone was inside In a statement posted Saturday, the Gaoling district government said two maintenance workers turned off the power source on Jan. 30 to the elevator in a residential building after they were called to check on a glitch.
Word: Yanliang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 閻良 /阎良. 1. A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: 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. Example: Yanliang district, 45 km from Xi'an, is China’s most important base for aircraft research, production and testing.
Word: Lintong Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 臨潼 /临潼. 1. A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: On the morning of June 24, we drove east to Huaching Pool, which is outside the city of Sian. This time my tourist guide was a young lady. Huaching Pool is situated near the north side of Lishan Hill in Lintung County, twenty-five kilometers east of Sian. Example: Vegetable farmers in the Lintong district of Xian, in Shaanxi province, were forced to plough over more than 10 hectares of celery growing in their fields last week after failing to find buyers, the Huashang Daily reported.
Word: Hatherton Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English hagaþorn (“hawthorn”) + dūn (“hill”). 1. A hamlet and civil parish (served by Hatherton and Walgherton Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6847). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A village and civil parish near Cannock, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9510). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Zhen'an Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 振安. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛnˌɑn/, /-æn/ 1. A district of Dandong, Liaoning, China. Example: Last August, the United Front Work Department in the Zhen’an district of Dandong, a prefecture-level city in the northeastern province of Liaoning, issued a document requiring the five officially-sanctioned religious organizations to launch a charity donation campaign.
Word: Zhen'an Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鎮安 /镇安 (Zhèn'ān). Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛnˌɑn/, /-æn/ 1. A county of Shangluo, Shaanxi, China. Example: Chenan County is one of Shensi's progressive counties in learning from Tachai. Leaders of the county CCP Committee have provided good examples in fighting in unity. Example: [SHENSI DAILY 18 February untitled editor's note to a frontpage report by the joint investigation group of the Organization Department of the Shensi Provincial CCP Committee and the Shanglo Prefectural CCP Committee: "The Chenan County CCP Committee Has Taken Exposing and Criticizing the Gang of Four as the Key Link and, in Close Connection With Reality, Seriously Carried Out Rectification of the Party and the Style of Work"]
Word: Zhashui Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 柞水 (Zhàshuǐ). 1. A county of Shangluo, Shaanxi, China. Example: Members of the CCP committee of a certain PLA unit stationed in Shensi went to the companies and sentry-posts, to read out the 1 July joint editorial. It was also studied by the core group of the Chashui County Revolutionary Committee, which held an all-night forum. Example: Shanglo regional CCP committee recently held a symposium on the campaign to criticize revisionism and rectify the style of work in the rural areas, which studied the New Year editorial and summed up experiences in popularizing the experiences of the state-owned No 1 cotton mill.[…] At one stage the idea that 'criticizing revisionism and rectifying the style of work is just a gust of wind' appeared among the leading members of the Chashui County CCP Committee.
Word: Shangnan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 商南. 1. A county of Shangluo, Shaanxi, China. Example: This action altered his behaviour for the time being, but in the evening he escaped again at the hsien-town of Shangnan.[...]At Shangnan the population was complaining of the same drought that had hindered us from getting a boat at Lungchüchai; and in the evening the villages formed a long procession firing crackers and beating gongs, in order to induce the rain-joss to send some water. Example: Ninety-nine percent of the brigades in Shanglo Prefecture have set up cooperative medical stations, and treatment in 80 percent of them is totally or partially free. In Shangnan County, all brigades have set up cooperative medical stations, of which 96 percent are totally or partially free.