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Yunnan place name
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Learn how to pronounce local geographical names - and know what they mean.
Baishui
bye-sh'wee
Bai = "white" and "shui" = "water"
Deqin
duh-ching
Translates as "place of pleasant songs and dances"
Jingsha
jing-shaw
The upper Yangtze River goes by this name in the Lijiang and Shangri-La area. It means "golden sands", referring to the days when gold was actively panned along the river.
Lijiang
lee-zhee-ang
"Beautiful riverside"
Naxi
nah-shee
The largest ethnic minority in Lijiang
Shangri-La
shang-ree-lah
No one knows for sure its derivation, but a popular theory says that it was borrowed from a Tibetan word meaning "the moon and the sun in Tibetan's heart" or "land of sacredness".
Shigu
shee-goo'
Shi = "stone" and gu = "strong"
Songzanlin
song-zahng-ling
Songzan = "three gods are playing happily" and ling = "monastery"
Yunnan
you-nahn
"Clouds of the southern sky" or "south of the clouds"
Zhongdian
joang-dee-ahn
Zhong = "middle" and "dian" = grassland
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