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Zhenjiang

American  
[jœn-jyahng] / ˈdʒœnˈdʒjɑŋ /
(Wade-Giles) Chenchiang

noun

Pinyin.
  1. a port in southern Jiangsu province, in eastern China, on the Chang Jiang.


Zhenjiang British  
/ ˈdʒʌnˈdʒjæŋ /

noun

  1. a port in E China, in S Jiangsu at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal. Pop: 620 000 (2005 est)

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He’d been studying chemistry in China — where he was born and raised, between Shaanxi province and Zhenjiang — when he realized that he wanted to pursue something creative.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 16, 2022

Hu Zhenjiang, deputy director-general of China's civil aviation administration, said the search would continue for the remains of the victims and parts of plane wreckage, Chinese news website Sina reported.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2022

Several Buddhist bell-ringing ceremonies in the eastern cities of Nanjing, Yangzhou and Zhenjiang to celebrate the new year have also been scrapped.

From Reuters Dec. 31, 2021

To gear up, Yan’s three factories in Shanghai, Yangzhou and Zhenjiang have doubled production this year to two million light bulbs a day from one million three years ago.

From Forbes Apr. 11, 2011

In Zhenjiang, on the Yangtze River, Pearl Buck's childhood home where once the mob would hurl threats and insults at her, there is now a museum in her honour.

From The Guardian Apr. 2, 2010

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