Jing'an
//d͡ʒɪŋæn// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A county of Yichun, Jiangxi, China.
- 2 A district of Shanghai, China.
"With coffee shops now as their rivals — among them the mammoth 30,000-square-foot storefront of Starbucks Reserve Roastery that opened in 2017 in Shanghai’s Jing’an district — teahouses have had to adapt."
Example
More examples"With coffee shops now as their rivals — among them the mammoth 30,000-square-foot storefront of Starbucks Reserve Roastery that opened in 2017 in Shanghai’s Jing’an district — teahouses have had to adapt."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 靖安.
Etymology 2
The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 靜安 /静安 (Jìng'ān, literally “Quiet & Peaceful”) after the most prominent local monastery.
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