北川羌族自治县
Traditional form:
北川羌族自治縣
Pinyin (reading):
Běichuān Qiāngzú Zìzhìxiàn
Definitions:
- Beichuan Qiang autonomous county in Mianyang 綿陽/绵阳 ( Miányáng), north Sichuan
Characters:
- 北 - north; northern; northward
- 川 - stream, river
- 羌 - Qiang nationality; surname
- 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
- 自 - self; private, personal; from
- 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
- 县 - county, district, subdivision
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