CHIA-I

Meaning of CHIA-I in English

Pronunciation: ' jyä- ' ē

Function: geographical name

city W cen Taiwan pop 258,664

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

CHIA-I — also spelled Chiayi, shih (municipality) and seat of Chia-i hsien (county), on the western coastal plain of Taiwan. It lies …
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CHIA-I — geographical name city W central Taiwan population 258,664
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CHIA-I — geographical name city W central Taiwan population 258,664
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CHIA — [Other] The moon-goddess of the Colombian Muisca (Chibcha). It is believed that she caused the deluge that flooded the world. …
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CHIA OIL — noun see chia 3
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MIN-CHIA — ˈminjēˈä, -nˈjä noun ( plural min-chia ) Usage: usually capitalized M Etymology: Chinese (Pekingese) Min 2 -chia 2 , from …
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PAO-CHIA — Pinyin baojia traditional Chinese system of collective neighbourhood organization, by means of which the government was able to maintain order …
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LI-CHIA — Pinyin Lijia, system of social organization in Ming China. See pao-chia.
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SHIH-CHIA-CHUANG — Pinyin Shijiazhuang city in west-central Hopeh sheng (province), China. It is the administrative capital of Hopeh province. It stands on …
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CHIA-MU-SSU — Pinyin Jiamusi, city in northeastern Heilungkiang sheng (province), northeastern China. Chia-mu-ssu is situated on the lower reaches of the Sungari …
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CHIA-HSING — Pinyin Jiaxing, city, northern Chekiang sheng (province), eastern China. Chia-hsing is a communications centre in the southern Yangtze River delta, …
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CHIA-CHING — Pinyin Jiajing (reign title), personal name (Wade-Giles romanization) Chu Hou-t'sung, posthumous name (shih) Su Ti, temple name (ming)Shih Tsung (b. …
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CHIA-CH'ING — born Nov. 13, 1760, Peking died Sept. 2, 1820, Jehol [now Ch'eng-te], Hopeh province, China Pinyin Jiaqing (reign title), personal …
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CH'I-CHIA CULTURE — Pinyin Qijia, the only Neolithic culture to be uncovered in China that shows North Eurasian influence. Although most archaeologists date …
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CHIA PET — Someone with short, curly, frizzy chia pet hair. From Chia pet. Example: He's all right, but a bit of a …
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LIJIA — Wade-Giles li-chia system of social organization in Ming-dynasty China. See pao-chia.
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KU-WEN — Pinyin Guwen (Chinese: ancient script), early form of Chinese writing, examples of which are found on bronze vessels and objects …
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CHUEH — Pinyin Jue, type of Chinese bronze vessel produced during the Shang (18th-12th century Bc ) and early Chou (1111-c. 900 …
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YUN-LIN — hsien (county), west-central Taiwan. It is bordered by the hsien of Chang-hua (north), Nan-t'ou (east), and Chia-i (south) and by …
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YANGTZE RIVER — The Huang Ho basin and the Yangtze River basin and their drainage networks. Chinese (Wade-Giles) Ch'ang Chiang, or (Pinyin) Chang …
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TUNG — Pinyin Dong, Tung Kam, also called (Wade-Giles) Tung-chia, or Tung-jen an ethnic minority of China found in southeastern Kweichow province …
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TAOISM — indigenous religio-philosophical tradition that has shaped Chinese life for more than 2,000 years. In the broadest sense, a Taoist attitude …
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TAI — also spelled Dai, peoples of mainland Southeast Asia, including the Thai, or Siamese (in central and southern Thailand), the Lao …
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T'AI-NAN — hsien (county), southwestern Taiwan, with an area of 778 square miles (2,016 square km). It is bordered by Chia-i hsien …
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T'AI-CHUNG — shih (municipality), west-central Taiwan, since 1959 the seat of the provincial administration of Taiwan province. T'ai-chung grew in the early …
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HUANG TSUN-HSIEN — born 1848, Chia-ying, now Mei-hsien, Kwangtung province, China died March 28, 1905, Chia-ying Pinyin Huang Zunxian Chinese poet and government …
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HOPEH — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Ho-pei, (Pinyin) Hebei, sheng (province) of northern China, located on the Po Hai (Gulf of Chihli) of the …
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CHUNGKING — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Ch'ung-ch'ing, (Pinyin) Chongqing largest city of the Szechwan sheng (province), China. The leading river port and industrial centre …
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CHINESE LITERATURE
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YOU
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WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
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UP
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THAT
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TAKE
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SAY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a lot to do/learn/say etc ▪ I still have a lot to learn. ▪ …
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OUT
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NO
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DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
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