Jianxi

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  1. 1
    A district of Luoyang, Henan, China.

    "It was decided to build the industrial district in Chienhsi far to the west, where there are fewer ancient tombs than in other places."

  2. 2
    Misspelling of Jiangxi. alt-of, misspelling

    "In 1997 in Jianxi^([sic – meaning Jiangxi]) province, in southeastern China, where Bishop Zeng lived and worked, more than 200 Roman Catholics were detained, at least temporarily, in an effort to prevent services outside official auspices, according to a report by Amnesty International."

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"It was decided to build the industrial district in Chienhsi far to the west, where there are fewer ancient tombs than in other places."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 澗西 /涧西.

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