Yanan
Americannoun
noun
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He was the party leader in the politically significant city of Yanan, which Mao Zedong used as the party's headquarters during World War Two and where Xi spent seven years of hard labour.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2022
USA’s Sarah Hildebrandt led China’s Yanan Sun 7-1 at the break in the women’s 50kg freestyle semifinal, but Sun rallied in the final seconds to win 10-7.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
AP photographer Han Guan Ng in Gucheng and reporter Yanan Wang and researcher Shanshan Wang in Beijing contributed to this report.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2018
“Just the sight of his fleshy face to me suggests he’s guilty,” said Li Yanan, 24, an engineering student on a visit from nearby Shandong Province.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2015
Derivation: Yana means “people” in the Yanan language.
From Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 by Powell, John Wesley
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