Yanan

[ yah-nahn ]

noun

, Pinyin.

1. a city in northern Shaanxi province, in north-central China: the headquarters of Chinese Communists 1937–47.

Yanan

/ ˈjænˈæn /

noun

1. a city in NE China, in N Shaanxi province: political and military capital of the Chinese Communists (1935–49). Pop: 343 000 (2005 est) Also calledFushih

Example Sentences

He was the party leader in the politically significant city of Yanan, which Mao Zedong used as the party's headquarters during World War Two and where Xi spent seven years of hard labour.

From BBC

Pudilova earned a TKO at the 4:04 mark in the second round after dragging Yanan to the canvas and repeatedly smashing elbows into her from a back mount.

From Seattle Times

“We continue to encounter challenges due to parts supply shortages,” Li Auto President Yanan Shen said in a statement.

From Reuters

The idea of the motherland also featured in Yanan, the city in northwest China mythologised in party history as the birthplace of the revolution where Mao cemented his authority as party leader.

From Reuters

While at Chinese Communist Party headquarters in Yanan, Mr. Topping watched peasant folk dances with Mao Zedong’s wife, Jiang Qing, who was later a driving force in the murderous purge dubbed the Cultural Revolution.

From Washington Post