Kunming

[koon-ming]

Kun·ming

[koon-ming]
noun Pinyin, Wade-Giles.
a city in and the capital of Yunnan province, in S China: an important transshipment point on the Burma Road in World War II. 1,100,000.
Formerly, Yunnan.

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Yun·nan

[yoo-nan, -nahn; Chin. yyn-nahn]
noun Pinyin.
1.
a province in S China. 20,510,000; 168,417 sq. mi. (436,200 sq. km). Capital: Kunming.
2.
former name of Kunming.
Also, Wade-Giles, Yün·nan.
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Kunming or K'un-ming (ˈkʊnˈmɪŋ)
 
n
a city in SW China, capital of Yunnan province, near Lake Tien: important during World War II as a Chinese military centre, American air base, and transport terminus for the Burma Road; Yunnan University (1934). Pop: 1 748 000 (2005 est)
 
K'un-ming or K'un-ming
 
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