"Poyang" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Po-yang [alternative], P'o-yang [alternative]
enPR: pō′yäng′, pŭ′yäng′ Etymology: From Mandarin 鄱陽 /鄱阳 (Póyáng). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|鄱陽|tr=Póyáng}} Mandarin 鄱陽 /鄱阳 (Póyáng) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Poyang
  1. A lake in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China, the country's largest freshwater lake. Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Jiangxi, China, Places in Jiujiang Translations (lake): 鄱陽 /鄱阳 (Chinese Cantonese), 鄱陽 /鄱阳 (Póyáng) (Chinese Mandarin), lac Poyang (French)
    Sense id: en-Poyang-en-name-PzDfQfXq Categories (other): Lakes, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'lake': 100 0
  2. A county of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China. Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Jiangxi, China, Places in Shangrao
    Sense id: en-Poyang-en-name-yo6DY2aO Categories (other): Counties and county-level cities of Shangrao
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