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
“We continue to encounter challenges due to parts supply shortages,” Li Auto President Yanan Shen said in a statement.
From Reuters ● Jun. 2, 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
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 Powell, John Wesley
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