Jinhua

See also: jìnhuà and Jīnhuá

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 金華金华 (Jīnhuá, literally golden flourishing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪnˈhwɑː/

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Jinhua

  1. A major city in central Zhejiang, in eastern China.
    • [1941, Joy Homer, Dawn Watch in China, →OCLC, page 6:
      From Wenchow there was a bus route to Kinhua, the provincial capital; and from Kinhua a railroad led straight inland to Nanchang.]
    • 2015 November 20, Erika Kinetz, Yu Bing, Fu Ting, “China breaks up $64 billion underground banking network”, in AP News, archived from the original on 07 March 2023:
      Over 370 people were detained, prosecuted or otherwise reprimanded in the case, police in Jinhua city said in a statement on their website. Jinhua is in Zhejiang province on China’s eastern coast, a zone known for its shadowy financial networks.

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