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Jinan
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Appendix:Variations of "jinan"
English
Alternative forms
en Ji'nan misspelling
en Tsinan dated
en Chinan Chi-nan Wade-Giles
Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒiːˌnɑːn/ /ˈd͡ʒɪ-/ /-ˌnæn/
jē′nän′Tsinan or Chi-nan 1952 3Chi-nan or Tsi·nan 158 2
jēnän jĭ- -năn
en Ji nan
Etymology 1
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 濟南 Jǐnán.
Proper noun
en Q170247en prefecture-level city/and/sub-provincial city/provincial capital p/Shandong in eastern c/China.
en December 10, 2018 Thomas Suen Ryan Woo Bug business - Cockroaches corralled by the millions in China to crunch waste Nick Macfie w:Reuters https://archive.ph/ZkVh1 https://www.reuters.com/article/world/bug-business-cockroaches-corralled-by-the-millions-in-china-to-crunch-waste-idUSKBN1O90PK/ 29 March 2025 On the outskirts of Jinan, capital of eastern Shandong province, a billion cockroaches are being fed with 50 tonnes of kitchen waste a day - the equivalent in weight to seven adult elephants.
en 4 February 2019 Choking smog and 'spring heaven': Fellaini's new home in China https://web.archive.org/web/20220521102423/https://www.france24.com/en/20190204-choking-smog-spring-heaven-fellainis-new-home-china 21 May 2022 w:France 24 - Woolly hat and sun cream -Shandong Luneng Taishan, as their full name goes, are based in Jinan, a fast-growing city of about 7.5 million people in China's east. Jinan is the capital of Shandong province.Fellaini will need a wardrobe for all four seasons. Jinan is currently about as chilly as Manchester, but it can easily drop well below freezing. Summers will be much hotter than northern England, nudging above 30 degrees Celsius (86F).- Pollution, traffic -Many Chinese cities are plagued by traffic congestion and pollution, but those problems are acute in Jinan.The Asian Development Bank in 2017 said rapid economic growth and urbanisation had made Jinan the most congested city in China. It is also in the top 10 most polluted.
Synonyms
en Tsinanfu (obsolete)
Translations
sub-provincial city in eastern China
Arabic: ar جِينَان m jinān
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 濟南 zai3 naam4, zai2 naam4
Mandarin: cmn 濟南 Jǐnán
Finnish: fi Jinan
Hindi: hi जीनान f
Hungarian: hu Csinan
Japanese: ja 済南 さいなん, Sainan
Korean: ko ^지난, ko ^제남(濟南)
Macedonian: mk Џинан m
Manchu: mnc ᡤᡳ ᠨᠠᠨ
Polish: pl Jinan m-in
Russian: ru Цзина́нь m
Vietnamese: vi Tể Nam
Zhuang: za Cinanz
Further reading
Jinan
pn
en 1998 Jinan Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1449 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1449/ 3
Etymology 2
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 紀南.
Proper noun
en town district/Jingzhou preflcity/Jingzhou p/Hubei in central c/China.
en The <<ancient capital>> of the former State of Chu in modern <<p/Hubei>>, <<c/China>>.
Translations
capital of former State of Chu; town in central China
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 紀南
Mandarin: cmn 紀南 Jìnán
Polish: pl Jinan m-in
References
Anagrams
en aijnn NINJA ninja