Yanan

American

[yah-nahn] / ˈjɑˈnɑn /

(Wade-Giles) Yan'an,

noun

Pinyin.

a city in northern Shaanxi province, in north-central China: the headquarters of Chinese Communists 1937–47.

Yanan British

/ ˈjænˈæn /

noun

Also called: Fushih. a city in NE China, in N Shaanxi province: political and military capital of the Chinese Communists (1935–49). Pop: 343 000 (2005 est)

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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

A man rides a bicycle past a Yango Group real estate project under construction in Yanan New Zone, Shaanxi province, China January 4, 2019.

From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2021

Japan’s Yui Susaki defeated China’s Yanan Sun by technical superiority, 10-0, to win the women’s freestyle 50kg final.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2021

Associated Press writer Yanan Wang contributed to this report.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 26, 2018

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 John Wesley Powell

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