延安

Traditional form:

延安

Pinyin (reading):

Yán'ān

Definitions:

• Yan'an, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi, wartime stronghold of the communists from the mid-1930s until 1949

Characters:

• 延 - to defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname
• 安 - peaceful, tranquil, quiet

Traditional characters:

• 延 - to defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname
• 安 - peaceful, tranquil, quiet