Kaifeng

[ kahy-fuhng ]

nounPinyin, Wade-Giles.

a city in NE Henan province, in E China: a former provincial capital.

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How to use Kaifeng in a sentence

He is one of just over a dozen Kaifeng Jews to convert in Israel after several years of studying.
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The latter is forty miles west of Kaifeng and a short distance above a bend in the Hoang-Ho.
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Several miles south of Kaifeng the flood struck a large river which there joins the Lu-chia.
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British Dictionary definitions for Kaifeng

Kaifeng

/ (ˈkaɪˈfɛŋ) /

noun

a city in E China, in N Henan on the Yellow River: one of the oldest cities in China and its capital (as Pien-liang) from 907 to 1126. Pop: 810 000 (2005 est)

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