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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southeast China on the Gan River southeast of Wuhan. It is the capital of Jiangxi province.
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- noun A
city insoutheastern China ; capital ofJiangxi Province.
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- noun a walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang
- noun a walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang
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Examples
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We were taken to see the Forbidden City, Great Wall, and Tiananmen Square all in one day before we left for Nanchang, which is closer — but still three hours away — to where my daughter had been living in the countryside.
Q&A: Diane Clehane on Adopting from China: Jessica Flint Flint, Jessica 2008
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We were taken to see the Forbidden City, Great Wall, and Tiananmen Square all in one day before we left for Nanchang, which is closer — but still three hours away — to where my daughter had been living in the countryside.
Emerging Nations: Culture and Celebrity Flint, Jessica 2008
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China Daily/Reuters Fire fighters cleared up a residential area after a fire in Nanchang, China's Jiangxi province, Thursday.
Asia in Pictures 2011
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"The previous method of relying mainly on new bank lending as a gauge of total credit issuance is not scientific because the share of direct financing via stock listings and bond sales is on the rise," Gao Xiaoqiong, president of the PBOC's Nanchang Branch, told Dow Jones Newswires on the sidelines of China's annual legislative meetings.
Wen Silent on Lending Target Dow Jones Newswires 2011
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Fuzhou, located south of the provincial capital Nanchang, sits in a mining-intensive region and is within a few hours drive of some of China's largest fireworks makers.
China Explosions Kill Two James T. Areddy 2011
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Zhou Ke/Xinhua/Zuma Press A woman guessed the answers to riddles in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi province, Saturday.
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Prices in cities further inland like Nanchang, Urumqi, Changsha and Luoyang recorded on-year price gains of above 8% in June.
June Property Survey Shows Fewer Cities' Prices Rising Esther Fung 2011
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Nanchang, a city in southeastern China, attempted last month to ban indoor smoking in all public places, restaurants, bars and offices.
Chinese Smokers Get Dire Warning Laurie Burkitt 2011
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The company manages nearly 70 hotels with almost 20,000 rooms in key commercial and tourist cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Chengdu and Kunming, according to its website.
Hotel, Casino Firms Pursue Hong Kong Listings Yvonne Lee 2011
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To celebrate the festival, about 10,000 riddles were put up in Libu Lake Park in Nanchang on Saturday.
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