Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A province of northeast China bordering on North Korea. Changchun is the capital.
- A city of northeast China in Jilin province northeast of Changchun.
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- proper noun A
province inChina .
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Examples
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China is not known for investigative journalism, so don’t expect local media in Jilin province (let alone a reporter from anywhere in mainland China) to go snooping around Yanji in search of that guide’s whereabouts.
Global Voices in English » North Korea: Two American Journalists Sentenced to Hard Labor 2009
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The JV, called Jilin Pfizer Guoyuan Animal Health Co., will initially focus on a swine vaccine.
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The joint venture, called Jilin Pfizer Guoyuan Animal Health Co., plans to start marketing its first product -- a vaccine for pigs -- next year.
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The joint venture, called Jilin Pfizer Guoyuan Animal Health Co., plans to start marketing its first product -- a vaccine against a reproductive and respiratory condition pigs get -- next year.
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The joint venture, called Jilin Pfizer Guoyuan Animal Health Co., plans to start marketing its first product - a vaccine against a reproductive and respiratory condition pigs get - next year.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Since northeastern Chinese provinces such as Jilin and Heilongjiang are landlocked, easy access to the port facilities on North Korea's eastern coast could cut transportation costs.
Northern Spoils 2008
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Zhang Zhi, the chief engineer of the 'Jilin' company, told IPS that they have employed 20 southern women on a trial basis on a road and bridge-building contract.
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On Sunday, his train went from Jilin's provincial capital of Changchung to Yangzhou, a city near Shanghai.
China Confirms Visit by North Korea's Kim Se Young Lee 2011
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Kim Jong Il visited cities in Jilin province where his father first learned communist ideology and that were key to the myth of his father as a liberator who returned to North Korea to help free it from Japanese rule.
China Confirms Visit by North Korea's Kim Se Young Lee 2011
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Mr. Kim, the 70-year-old dictator who has led North Korea since 1994, is reportedly afraid of flying and entered China's Jilin province by train on Friday.
China Confirms Visit by North Korea's Kim Se Young Lee 2011
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