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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern China southwest of Chongqing. The Chinese terminus of the Burma Road during World War II, Kunming is the capital of Yunnan province.
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- noun A
prefecture -level city insouthwestern China ; capital ofYunnan Province.
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Examples
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KUNMING: Not all is well in Chenggong, a county 20 minutes drive from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province and the center of Asia's biggest flower
WN.com - Articles related to Ethiopia's rush to build mega dams sparks protests 2010
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One time on a city bus in Kunming, the bus driver announced that a Xinjiang woman had gotten on the bus so that others could protect their valueables.
Global Voices in English » China: Han’s prejudices and discriminations towards Uyghur 2009
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They arrived in Kunming in August 1956, and local scholars such as Fang Guoyu, Hou Fangyu, Yang Kun, and Jiang Yingliang worked with them.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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When the Yunnan branch arrived in Kunming in June 1950, it was joined by more than thirty local cadres and scholars, including a vice president of the Yunnan provincial government.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Since 1330, Prince Yunnan had lived in Kunming, implying that the Duans had controlled the Dali region.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Wesley Foreign Language School is a well established training company in Kunming offering supplemental English training for students and adults going abroad.
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That accounts for what happened in Kunming of the Ming period, and in Sipsongpanna of the eighteenth century.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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- Spend day in Kunming until departing for Chengdu, Sichuan by overnight train
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EXAMPLE: Reporter covering Spring Festival in Kunming might tell viewers what kinds of activities local people are doing to celebrate and interview a local person in Kunming.
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Associated University in Kunming, China, and completed his B.Sc. degree there in 1942.
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