"Yancheng" meaning in All languages combined

See Yancheng on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 郾城 (Yǎnchéng). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|郾城}} Mandarin 郾城 (Yǎnchéng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Yancheng
  1. A district of Luohe, Henan, China. Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Henan Translations (district in central China): 郾城 (Yǎnchéng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Yancheng-en-name-T37owwv-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Yencheng (english: Postal Romanization), Yen-ch'eng, Yen-ch'êng (alt: Wade–Giles)
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鹽城/盐城 (Yánchéng). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|鹽城}} Mandarin 鹽城/盐城 (Yánchéng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Yancheng
  1. A prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, China. Categories (place): Cities in Jiangsu, Places in China, Places in Jiangsu Translations (prefecture-level city in eastern China): 鹽城 (Chinese Mandarin), 盐城 (Yánchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), Jencseng (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-Yancheng-en-name-He8snsjL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 79 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 88 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Yencheng (english: Postal Romanization), Yen-ch'eng, Yen-ch'êng (alt: Wade–Giles)
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From Mandarin 鹽埕/盐埕 (Yánchéng). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|鹽埕|tr=Yánchéng}} 鹽埕/盐埕 (Yánchéng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Yancheng
  1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Categories (place): Places in Kaohsiung, Places in Taiwan, Kaohsiung Translations (district): 鹽埕 (Chinese Mandarin), 盐埕 (Yánchéng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Yancheng-en-name-Ywd02A3P Disambiguation of Kaohsiung: 2 2 96 Categories (other): Neighborhoods in Taiwan
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Yencheng (english: Postal Romanization), Yen-ch'eng, Yen-ch'êng (alt: Wade–Giles)
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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      "word": "Yen-ch'eng"
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    {
      "alt": "Wade–Giles",
      "word": "Yen-ch'êng"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "district",
      "word": "鹽埕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Yánchéng",
      "sense": "district",
      "word": "盐埕"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Yancheng"
  ],
  "word": "Yancheng"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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