Jing'an

//d͡ʒɪŋæn// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A county of Yichun, Jiangxi, China.
  2. 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."

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"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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