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

“We continue to encounter challenges due to parts supply shortages,” Li Auto President Yanan Shen said in a statement.

From Reuters

The idea of the motherland also featured in Yanan, the city in northwest China mythologised in party history as the birthplace of the revolution where Mao cemented his authority as party leader.

From Reuters

People flock from across the country to the city of Yanan, Shaanxi province, mythologized in party history as the birthplace of the revolution, where tourists dress up in historical costumes and watch battle reenactments.

From Reuters

“This work takes a big step forward and gets much closer to a commercial chip,” says Yanan Sun, a physicist at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, who was not involved in the work.

From Nature