Shenyang

[ shuhn-yahng ]

/ ˈʃʌnˈyɑŋ /

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noun Pinyin, Wade-Giles.

a city in and the capital of Liaoning province, in northeastern China: cultural capital of Manchuria; battle 1905.

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Formerly Fengtien, Muk·den

[mook-den, mook-] /ˈmʊkˈdɛn, ˈmuk-/ .

Words nearby Shenyang

shenanigan, Shen Congwen, shend, Shensi, Shenstone, Shenyang, Shenzhou, she-oak, Sheol, Shepard, shepherd

How to use Shenyang in a sentence

Soon after, BMW officially opened a new factory in the northeastern city of Shenyang.
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The visibility in Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province, was measured at less than 656 feet.
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Born in Shenyang, a city in the northeastern province of Liaoning, Xiaojiong grew up not knowing another lesbian.
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British Dictionary definitions for Shenyang

Shenyang

/ (ˈʃɛnˈjæŋ) /

noun

a walled city in NE China in S Manchuria, capital of Liaoning province: capital of the Manchu dynasty from 1644–1912; seized by the Japanese in 1931. Pop: 4 916 000 (2005 est)Former name: Mukden

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