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Nanchang

American  
[nahn-chahng] / ˈnɑnˈtʃɑŋ /

noun

  1. Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a city in and the capital of Jiangxi province, in SE China.


Nanchang British  
/ ˈnænˈtʃæŋ /

noun

  1. a walled city in SE China, capital of Jiangxi province, on the Kan River: largest city in the Poyang basin. Pop: 1 742 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Nanchang Project, a non-profit group that helps connect adoptees to their roots in China, said it felt “a sense of relief that no more children will be separated from their birthplace, culture, and identity”.

From BBC Oct. 9, 2024

The Nationalists said Hsia was due to visit cities including Chengdu, Nanchang, Zhongshan, Xiamen, and Chongqing on what it termed a listening tour.

From Seattle Times Dec. 13, 2023

Construction activity at a residential development in Nanchang, China.

From New York Times May 25, 2023

China’s housing boom started in the late 1990s in the biggest cities before spreading to smaller urban areas like Nanchang in the 2000s.

From New York Times May 25, 2023

"This old city of Nanchang with about three hundred thousand inhabitants, and surrounded by a thickly settled country, has not a single educated physician," one of her letters reads.

From Notable Women of Modern China by Margaret E. Burton

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