Langhe
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A hilly area in southwestern Piedmont, Italy.
- 2 A town in Danjiangkou, Shiyan, Hubei, China.
"Early last December, the provincial party committee sent five rural socialist ideological education teams to Danjiangkou's (Langhe) town, Hanchuan County's (Liujiage)[...]"
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More examples"Early last December, the provincial party committee sent five rural socialist ideological education teams to Danjiangkou's (Langhe) town, Hanchuan County's (Liujiage)[...]"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Italian Langhe, plural of Piedmontese langa (“hill”), of uncertain origin.
Etymology 2
From the Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 浪河 (Lànghé).
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