Jianchang

See also: Jiànchāng

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Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 建昌 (Jiànchāng, literally “establishing prosperity”).

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Proper noun

Jianchang

  1. (historical) Former name of Xichang.

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 建昌 (Jiànchāng).

Proper noun

Jianchang

  1. A county of Huludao, Liaoning, China.
    • [1974 April 23 [1974 April 12], “Liaoning Irrigation Projects”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 79, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northeast Region, page L 6:
      In Chienchang County, commune members have newly reclaimed 5,800 mou of farmland from mountains and river banks.]
    • 2018 November 22, “Car strikes crowd at China school, killing 5 and hurting 18”, in AP News‎[1], archived from the original on 23 November 2018‎[2]:
      The driver was taken into custody after the crash around noon in the coastal city of Huludao in Liaoning province, said the spokesman for Jianchang county in the city’s suburbs, who declined to give his name as is standard with Chinese bureaucrats.
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