Chinan

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Chinan

  1. Alternative form of Jinan
    • 1693, Robert Morden, “Of China”, in Geography Rectified; or a Description of the World, 3rd edition, page 439:
      Chinan, the Metropolis of the whole Province, is very large, and full of ſtately Houſes, having two Lakes within its Walls, out of which flow ſeveral little Streams through the whole City ; it is alſo adorned with ſeveral ſtately Temples.
    • 1981 May 17, “Drought in Shantung”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly]‎, volume XXII, number 19, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 3:
      According to a "Hsin Hua News Agency" report from Chinan, captial of Shantung Province, since last January, rainfall in most parts of the province decreased by 52 percent from the same period of previous years.

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