Jiangsu

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See also: Jiāngsū

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From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 江蘇江苏 (Jiāngsū, Jiangning [i.e., Nanjing] and Suzhou), from the province's two major cities.

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Jiangsu

  1. A province of China, northeast of the mouth of the Yangtze River. Capital: Nanjing.
    Meronym: Nanjing
    • 2022 February 19, Huizhong Wu, “Behind China’s Olympics, the saga of a chained woman unfolds”, in AP News[2], archived from the original on 19 February 2022[3]:
      Days before the Lunar New Year holiday began on Feb. 1, a video spread online from a village in Feng county, located in Jiangsu province on the coast.

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Province-level divisions of the People's Republic of China in English (layout · text)
Provinces: Anhui · Fujian · Guangdong · Gansu · Guizhou · Henan · Hubei · Hebei · Hainan · Heilongjiang · Hunan · Jilin · Jiangsu · Jiangxi · Liaoning · Qinghai · Sichuan · Shandong · Shaanxi · Shanxi · Taiwan (claimed) · Yunnan · Zhejiang
Autonomous regions: Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Tibet Autonomous Region · Xinjiang
Municipalities: Beijing · Tianjin · Shanghai · Chongqing
Special administrative regions: Hong Kong · Macau

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  1. ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China[1], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 477:The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, [] Chiang-su (Jiangsu) 江蘇

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Jiangsu m

  1. Jiangsu (a province of China)
    Meronym: Nankin

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Jiangsu m

  1. Jiangsu (a province of China)