Yanan

American  

[yah-nahn] / ˈyɑˈnɑn /

(Wade-Giles) Yan'an,

noun

Pinyin.

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

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Yanan British  

/ ˈjænˈæn /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

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

From Washington Times • Aug. 6, 2021

Yanan Wang and Dake Kang in Beijing, and Diane Jeantet in Rio contributed to this report.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2019

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