"Yongding" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /jɔŋ.dɪŋ/ Forms: Yung-ting [alternative]
enPR: yo͝ongʹdǐngʹ Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永定 (Yǒngdìng). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|永定}} 永定 (Yǒngdìng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Yongding
  1. A district of Longyan, Fujian, China, formerly a county. Categories (place): Districts of Fujian, China, Places in China, Places in Fujian, China Synonyms (from Hokkien): Engteng
    Sense id: en-Yongding-en-name-4YKC~OU5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'from Hokkien': 78 22
  2. A district of Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China. Categories (place): Districts of Hunan, China, Places in China, Places in Hunan, China
    Sense id: en-Yongding-en-name-T6H~tQCj Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (district): 永定 (english: wing⁵ ding⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 永定 (Yǒngdìng) (Chinese Mandarin), Yongding (French), Yongding (German)
Disambiguation of 'district': 49 51

Alternative forms

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