Yünnan

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See also: Yunnan, Yúnnán, and Yün-nan

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Proper noun

Yünnan

  1. Alternative form of Yunnan.
    • 1959, Henry Serruys, “Mongols on Tan-lo 耽羅 Island”, in The Mongols in China During the Hung-wu Period (1368-1398), →OCLC, page 296:
      [] August 10-September 7, 1832) : "The [Ming] emperor pacified Yünnan and sent the family-dependents of the prince of Liang to Chi-chou [Cheju, i.e. Tan-lo] where they would be established." We are not informed of the number of Mongols being sent to Korea and Tan-lo this time; []
    • 1961, The Peking Informers, volume 3, Continental Research Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:
      The regional paper Yünnan Daily also carried a report in this respect, as follows: "The Party committee for the Ch'aot'ieh commune in Luliang county, Yünnan province, has been educating the Party members in Party policy, fundamental Party knowledge and current situation, thereby raising their ideological and policy level, through such methods as the opening of training classes...
    • 1964, Herold Jacob Wiens, “YÜNNAN”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 23, →OCLC, page 926B, column 1:
      Yünnan has a variety of mineral resources, including the country's largest reserves of tin and nonferrous metals.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Yünnan.